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The Islamists who committed the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris should be not be described as “terrorists” by the BBC, a senior executive at the corporation has said.
Tarik Kafala, the head of BBC Arabic, the largest of the BBC’s non-English language news services, said the term “terrorist” was too “loaded” to describe the actions of the men who killed 12 people in the attack on the French satirical magazine.
Mr Kafala, whose BBC Arabic television, radio and online news services reach a weekly audience of 36 million people, told The Independent: “We try to avoid describing anyone as a terrorist or an act as being terrorist. What we try to do is to say that ‘two men killed 12 people in an attack on the office of a satirical magazine’. That’s enough, we know what that means and what it is.”
Paris attacks Do not call Charlie Hebdo killers terrorists BBC says - TV Radio - Media - The Independent
What the hell is going on?? They are murders, killers and of course terrorists. Massmedia services look intimidated now. They are afraid of their own safety. But I don't understand how it will help'em. We can chose any term but it won't change the result and the following punishment.
Tarik Kafala, the head of BBC Arabic, the largest of the BBC’s non-English language news services, said the term “terrorist” was too “loaded” to describe the actions of the men who killed 12 people in the attack on the French satirical magazine.
Mr Kafala, whose BBC Arabic television, radio and online news services reach a weekly audience of 36 million people, told The Independent: “We try to avoid describing anyone as a terrorist or an act as being terrorist. What we try to do is to say that ‘two men killed 12 people in an attack on the office of a satirical magazine’. That’s enough, we know what that means and what it is.”
Paris attacks Do not call Charlie Hebdo killers terrorists BBC says - TV Radio - Media - The Independent
What the hell is going on?? They are murders, killers and of course terrorists. Massmedia services look intimidated now. They are afraid of their own safety. But I don't understand how it will help'em. We can chose any term but it won't change the result and the following punishment.