Fair and balanced?
BartSimpson @ Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:20 am
Dayseed Dayseed:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
So a burglar is...what? An "uninvited guest"?
A murderer is...what?
What do you call a rapist?
A murderer is...what?
What do you call a rapist?
Sign me up for an editor's spot at the CBC, I know these ones:
Murderer: Population Limitation Specialist
Rapist: Unsolicited Sperm Donor
Arsonist: Structural Re-Engineer
Drunk Driver: Judgementally Challenged Motor Pilot
Adultery: Extra-marital indulgence
Pedophile: Youth Sex Activist
Wife Beater: Pro-Active Unilateral Marriage Counsellor.
Liar: Truth-Neutral Perspectavist
Cheat: Gain Oriented Moralist
I'm off to the CBC to sell 'em my euphamisms on my way to running the whole damn network! First act as President? All "Time Bandits" all the time!
BartSimpson @ Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:29 am
Blue_Nose Blue_Nose:
It's just a simple case of not wanting to assume anything too quickly. If a bomb goes off, we're likely to assume it's a terrorist attack, but it may not be the case... there are still plenty of nutcases out there willing to blow shit up because their wife cheated on them, or their boss fired them.
Referring to an incident involving a bomb as a bombing is true, regardless of the unknown details.
Calling it a terrorist attack without knowing for sure leaves potential for error.
You'd rather have people shout "terrorists!" first, ask questions later? What kind of news coverage is that?
Referring to an incident involving a bomb as a bombing is true, regardless of the unknown details.
Calling it a terrorist attack without knowing for sure leaves potential for error.
You'd rather have people shout "terrorists!" first, ask questions later? What kind of news coverage is that?
Just curious...how often do "nutcases out there willing to blow shit up because their wife cheated on them, or their boss fired them" do these things? How is it that these things occur so frequently that we're unsure if terrorists commited the crimes?
Did you seriously look at this...
...and say to yourself, "Damn, that woman should NOT have pissed off her husband off this morning!"
Or did you stop and think to yourself that employers should have mandatory exit-counseling for the disgruntled employees they fire?
Or, like damn near everyone else, did you think of this guy...
Does this all sound ridiculous? Good. Then you get my point.
BartSimpson @ Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:33 am
xerxes xerxes:
So hwack job, you get all pissed over some semantics at CBC, but when FOX "News" stats calling suicide bombers "homicide bombers" you're OK with that? That sounds much more Orwellian than what the CBC has done.
Theses changes are to prevent a rush to conclusions, not some deliberate sugar-coating of the truth. Either way, it's not like you watch CBC anyway so go back to your "everything is super" world of FOX "news".
Theses changes are to prevent a rush to conclusions, not some deliberate sugar-coating of the truth. Either way, it's not like you watch CBC anyway so go back to your "everything is super" world of FOX "news".
"Homicide bomber" is actually a more accurate name than "suicide bomber".
A real "suicide bomber" would only blow himself to pieces.
The terrorists blowing themselves up is incidental to blowing up other people, thus "homicide bomber" is truly a more apt description.
BartSimpson @ Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:38 am
bootlegga bootlegga:
Well, it looks like Bush and his band of merrymen are getting into the PC act too. The 'War on Terror' is now the "Global War on Extremism".
See that, IceOwl? Bush is coming for you.
BartSimpson @ Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:40 am
IceOwl IceOwl:
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
The Hoser The Hoser:
I don't see what your boner is this time, whackjob. Can't stand a little freedom of the press? Go againts all your right-wing values?
Not calling a terrorist a terrorist is insane.
What is a terrorist?
That guy who looked back at you in the mirror this morning.
BartSimpson @ Thu Jul 28, 2005 8:08 am
IceOwl IceOwl:
Zeipher Zeipher:
You guys are missing the point. Fox News is a private corporation, and they can say whatever they want.
Being a private corporation should not give one carte blanche to say whatever one wants without responsibility, as FAUX News has done repeatedly.
IceOwl wants to restrict freedom of speech. Nice.
