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September 10, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1094528406202&p=1006953079865

Avoiding the T-Word

(Jerusalem Post) Daniel Pipes - Journalists have used at least 20 euphemisms for terrorists: Assailants - NPR; Attackers - Economist; Bombers - Guardian; Captors - AP; Commandos - AFP; Criminals - London Times; Extremists - UPI; Fighters - Washington Post; Group - Australian; Guerrillas - New York Post; Gunmen - Reuters; Hostage-takers - Los Angeles Times; Insurgents - New York Times; Kidnappers - London Observer; Militants - Chicago Tribune; Perpetrators - New York Times; Radicals - BBC; Rebels - Sydney Morning Herald; Separatists - Daily Telegraph; Activists - Pakistan Times.

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