Police said it was a "terrorist attack" -- Israel's term for a Palestinian strike. It was the first time Jerusalem had been hit by such a bomb since 2004.
The mind reels.
Friday, 25 March 2011
Reuters Redefines Terrorist Attack
Dear Reuters, You Must Be Kidding
By Mar 23 2011
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/dear-reuters-you-must-be-kidding/72940/
This is from a Reuters story on the Jerusalem bombing earlier today:
Those Israelis and their crazy terms! I mean, referring to a fatal bombing of civilians as a "terrorist attack"? Who are they kidding? Everyone knows that a fatal bombing of Israeli civilians should be referred to as a "teachable moment." Or as a "venting of certain frustrations." Or as "an understandable reaction to Jewish perfidy." Or perhaps as "a very special episode of 'Cheers.'" Anything but "a terrorist attack." I suppose Reuters will mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11 by referring to the attacks as "an exercise in urban renewal."
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