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March 24, 2011       Share:    

Source: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/03/dear-reuters-you-must-be-kidding/72940/

Dear Reuters, You Must Be Kidding

(Atlantic Monthly) Jeffrey Goldberg - A Reuters story on Wednesday's Jerusalem bombing reported: "Police said it was a 'terrorist attack' - Israel's term for a Palestinian strike." 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." 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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