Wednesday, December 31, 2008
The Media - BoycottNYT.com
I believe both Reuters and the New York Times exclude the use of "terrorist".
Unfortunately, it has been shown many times that they will use it on "certain" (read biased) occassions...
Unfortunately, it has been shown many times that they will use it on "certain" (read biased) occassions...
At BoycottNYT.com, Don Feder takes issue with the New York Times:
"Hoyt also explains, “The Times does not call Hamas a terrorist organization, though it sponsors acts of terror against Israel,” because 'Hamas was elected to govern Gaza.' And 'it provides social services and operates charities, hospitals, and clinics.'
The National Socialists were elected to govern Germany. Does that mean the Holocaust wasn’t a crime against humanity? If Al-Qaeda ran hospitals and clinics, would that make it something other than a terrorist gang?
If you can’t call someone who kills a five-year-old girl to advance a political cause a terrorist, how do you describe them - as an overly enthusiastic partisan, a misguided freedom-fighter or an unfortunate individual who was driven to acts of desperation?"
