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liberal72 Donating Member (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 07:04 PM
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Now on Faux
if anyone is wathching the "Fox Report" now is this not progaganda at its worst. They are using the term "evil-doers" and the intro to the first story sounds like talkin points straight fron the WH. Also, have you noticed that Faux is the only one that uses the term "homicide-bomber" because the WH said to call them that?
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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 07:09 PM
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1. You know, I never notice these things because I never watch Faux.
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A J Donating Member (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 07:24 PM
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2. The Homicide Bomber thing bothers me the most....
I just graduated with a journalism degree from Wisconsin. I can't imagine the lashing a professor would give me for using homicide bombing in an article. The word is both redundant and unclear: There can be homicidal bombings without suicide, and not every suicide bombing is a homicide. The use of this phrase just proves to me that Faux is willing to trade in their journalistic integrity to ass-kiss Bush.
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 07:26 PM
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3. It's as bad as "islamist."
That's what you get with a functional illiterate in the white house.
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fleetus Donating Member (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 07:39 PM
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4. Seems more like it IS propaganda at its worst to me!
Based on your description, Faux is the media arm of the WH!
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olacan Donating Member (208 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 07:42 PM
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5. I
agree with the term and I do not think they were the first to use nor was the WH. I might not have a college degree but to me it discribes the action pretty well.
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A J Donating Member (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 07:51 PM
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6. How does it describe the action?
Look up a definition of homicide and tell me where killing oneself has anything to do with it!

Few things really irk me, but poor journalistic standards is really one of them.

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beanball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 08:29 PM
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8. The taking of human life
is the killing of civilians by our troops murder?
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Snellius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-04 08:15 PM
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7. "homicide-bomber" never made any sense
The rightwing may find it politically correct but the term "homicide-bomber" is a ridiculous term because ALL bombers are "homicide-bombers".
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