[lbo-talk] "Homicide Bombers?"

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jul 13 14:29:21 PDT 2005


Mark Bennett wrote:


>I obviously haven't been paying attention: When did Fox begin using the
>term "homicide bombers"? Doesn't that, well, kind of, you know, omit
>the distinctive characteristic of a "suicide" bomber?

It's a Murdoch thing. The NY Post says the same. It's been a year or two. (Didn't Ari Fleischer use it too?) And yes, you're right about obscuring the unique selling proposition of suicide bombing, but sometimes propaganda takes precedence over the convenyance of information.

Doug



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