"Lib'rul" media refuses to call christian terrorist the "T" word

Crosstika

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"Lib'rul" media refuses to call christian terrorist the "T" word

Apparently if you got a christian ideology, the word "terrorist" doesn't apply to you... to top it off allowed to incite violence on "liberal" news sourses like CNN and MSNBC...wonder if they'd let zarqawi or osama do this...
 

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http://www.cjrdaily.org/archives/001443.asp

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In the case of recently captured bomber Eric Rudolph, the four bombs he detonated outside a gay bar, two women's clinics and at the Atlanta Olympic Games in the mid-to-late 1990s easily fall within these criteria. His goal was political and intended to influence an audience (he wanted Roe v. Wade overturned, and saw the Atlanta Games as the first step toward a "New World Order"), and the attacks were most definitely perpetrated against noncombatants by a non-state entity. The situation seems at least as clear-cut as many acts regularly labeled terrorism in the media.

In the coverage of his guilty plea to the bombing charges, however, many reporters have stopped short of labeling him a terrorist. The New York Times online never uses the word, in keeping with a story filed on Friday, in which the Times referred to Rudolph simply as a "anti-abortion crusader and former soldier."

Similarly, an AP story which led most of the early coverage this morning shies away from the "T" word, although Rudolph planned and executed a series of targeted bombings in which two people died and over 120 were wounded. For its part, a Reuters wire story also failed to call Rudolph anything other than a survivalist and a fugitive.

The AP doesn't always display this sort of reticence in labeling someone a terrorist. Today, another of their stories described three "terrorists" who were indicted on charges in Britain after plotting to attack the New York Stock Exchange and other financial institutions on the East Coast. The New York Times was also quick to label the three terrorists in their treatment of the story.

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Abortion clinics, federal agents on alert



http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7507549 /

Bracing for reaction in wake of Olympic bomber?s manifestoThe Associated Press
Updated: 8:51 p.m. ET April 14, 2005ATLANTA - Abortion clinics around the country are bracing for attacks after Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph issued his manifesto justifying the use of violence to stop ?the worst massacre in human history.?

?When one of these extremists puts out a call to action, oftentimes others do try to follow in their footsteps,? said Vicki Saporta, head of the National Abortion Federation, which represents 400 U.S. clinics. ?He clearly is speaking to the extremists who believe in justifiable homicide.?



Well, gee dumbarses, I wonder who let him...
 

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Re: &quot;Lib'rul&quot; media refuses to call christian terrorist, the &quot;T&quot; word

Good insight on this one Crosstika.

Cary
 

Darkwolf

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Re: &quot;Lib'rul&quot; media refuses to call christian terrorist, the &quot;T&quot; word

Well, it woulden't do the admin much good to call the guy a terrorist. All of his crimes occurred pre 911, so the patriot act can't be applied. If others follow in his footsteps however, expect the tune to change in a hurry.
 

Crosstika

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Re: &quot;Lib'rul&quot; media refuses to call christian terrorist, the &quot;T&quot; word

Good Call and he has white skin too..
 

Darkwolf

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Good Call and he has white skin too..

Not relivent. If they could set the precident of using the counter terror legislation against an American domestic terrorist, they would. I don't think they want to stir that much up without it doing them any good.
 

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Re: &quot;Lib'rul&quot; media refuses to call christian terrorist, the &quot;T&quot; word

enying the fa<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"Darkwolf\")</div>
Well, it woulden't do the admin much good to call the guy a terrorist. All of his crimes occurred pre 911, so the patriot act can't be applied. If others follow in his footsteps however, expect the tune to change in a hurry.[/b]

So how do you explain the media branding the first WTC bombing as a terrorist attack even before 9/11? Also,How do you explain the fact the guy was tried as a terrorist?

Also are you in denial of Tomothy McVeigh?
 

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(\"Darkwolf\")</div>
Not relivent. If they could set the precident of using the counter terror legislation against an American domestic terrorist, they would. I don't think they want to stir that much up without it doing them any good.[/b]

How so?
 

Darkwolf

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Re: &quot;Lib'rul&quot; media refuses to call christian terrorist, the &quot;T&quot; word

So how do you explain the media branding the first WTC bombing as a terrorist attack even before 9/11? Also,How do you explain the fact the guy was tried as a terrorist?

Well, it was a terrorist attack, what would you call it?


Also are you in denial of Tomothy McVeigh?

What do you mean? Many of the terrorism statutes on the federal books were written in response to what McVeigh did. He was tried on terrorism charges as they existed prior to his committing his crime.

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Not relivent. If they could set the precident of using the counter terror legislation against an American domestic terrorist, they would. I don't think they want to stir that much up without it doing them any good.



How so?


None of the new post 911 statutes can be used against Rudolph. He committed his acts before the passage of the Patriot act and similar legislation. You cannot try somone according to law which did not exist when they committed the crime. In order for them to get their domestic terror test case, somone must commit an act of terror now. Then they are subject to the PA.
 

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