Fox Linguistic Contortions

[varwoche]

Fox news uses the term "homicide bomber" to desribe what most people call "suicide bombers". This ostensibly villifies the act further (as if needed), at the expense of clarity.

There was a bomb detonated yesterday by palestinian militants. It was remote controlled, and did not involve a suicide.

Aptly and awkwardly, in desribing this story, which is about an attempted homicide bombing, Fox repeatedly refers to it as "not a suicide bombing" and to the perps as "not suicide bombers".

 

[aerocontrols]

I prefer 'splodeydope'.

 

[Mr Manifesto]

Fox news uses the term "homicide bomber" to desribe what most people call "suicide bombers". This ostensibly villifies the act further (as if needed), at the expense of clarity.

There was a bomb detonated yesterday by palestinian militants. It was remote controlled, and did not involve a suicide.

Aptly and awkwardly, in desribing this story, which is about an attempted homicide bombing, Fox repeatedly refers to it as "not a suicide bombing" and to the perps as "not suicide bombers".

The funny thing about 'homocide bombers' is that it actually plays into the hands of terrorists. According to Islam, suicide is forbidden. But if you blow yourself up to become a martyr, through some contortion of logic of the miltiants' own, that's not suicide (see my link above, and click on 'suicide bombers' if you don't believe me).

And Fox merely reinforces this by refusing to call them suicide bombers. HA! Morons.

 

[Snide]

So what is Timothy McVeigh, if not also a homicide bomber?

(I like "splodeydope" for him, too!)

 

[hgc]

Classic Newspeak. The manipulation of language for political purposes.

And Fox News doesn't like PC talk... tsk. tsk.