The Associated Press is kind of like the old major league baseball umpire who said, “I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em.” The name “Ground Zero mosque” might be good enough for the American public, but it’s not good enough for AP.
Tom Kent, the Associated Press’ Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production, laid down the law about what to call what everyone else calls the Ground Zero mosque. Or at least what not to call it.
Aug. 19, 2010
Colleagues,
Here is some guidance on covering the NYC mosque story, with assists from Chad Roedemeier in the NYC bureau and Terry Hunt in Washington:
1. We should continue to avoid the phrase “ground zero mosque” or “mosque at ground zero” on all platforms. (We’ve very rarely used this wording, except in slugs, though we sometimes see other news sources using the term.) The site of the proposed Islamic center and mosque is not at ground zero, but two blocks away in a busy commercial area. We should continue to say it’s “near” ground zero, or two blocks away.
WE WILL CHANGE OUR SLUG ON THIS STORY LATER TODAY from “BC-Ground Zero Mosque” to “BC-NYC Mosque.”
In short headlines, some ways to refer to the project include:
• mosque 2 blocks from WTC site
• Muslim (or Islamic) center near WTC site
• mosque near ground zero
• mosque near WTC siteWe can refer to the project as a mosque, or as a proposed Islamic center that includes a mosque.
Call it what you want, Tom, but the American people are going to call it the Ground Zero mosque.
H/T: NewsBusters.org
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More pc nonsense >=0
Lets start calling it the Associated with Terrorists Press.
I shall end this right here, if we are honest, it should be called...(drumroll)
The Ground Zero 9/11 Victory Mosque
...because that is what it is.
Fine. I will call it the Cordoba mosque. A kick to the nuts reference that is would serve as a monument to Muslim conquest and victory of vanquished enemies. That is the formal title after all? I guess we Americas are too stupid to know history and what that name signifies...
http://www.urbanelephants.com/index.php/component/content/article/64/2700.html
So knowing what it stands for I would gladly refrain from calling the building 'ground zero mosque'. I will call it the 'Cordoba mosque, oppressive muslim monument, which happens to be right on ground zero'.
The British get it (at least this one guy) so why can't our own fu*king president do so?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjS0Novt3X4
Hey news media, good luck trying to get people to stop thinking for themselves. We the people can call it as we see it.
Excellent article, JPT...and one hell of a video. Thank you...
Liberals trying to control the conversation by re-arranging the language. Wasn't there a story about Barney Frank calling Obama dumb and it circled around this issue. Changing the language and how things are phrase makes it easier for them to change the story and they think the perception by the people so they will see things their way. It is a deceptive manuever that I don't think people in general are so easily deceived anymore.
Exactly KQ,
Control the language and you control the arguement.
When you have the facts on your side argue the facts. When you have the law on your side argue the law. When you have neither on your side change the subject and question the motives of the opposition.
(an old lawyers adage)Not really surprising that this is the general attitude/MO of the dems when most democratic politicians are lawyers.
Doublethink-- The keyword here is blackwhite. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink. Doublethink is basically the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.
– Part II, Chapter IX — The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
Ignorance is Strength; War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery
Don't forget the classic: Arbeit macht Frei.
The sign over the gates of Auschwitz...how could anyone forget that?
Look, this is a debate that's irrelevant. The radical Muslims win whether the mosque gets erected or not. The bottom line is that if they build it, they get their victory flag, and if we don't they get another feather to stick in their "America is the enemy" cap. We are stuck between a rock and hard place. This isn't about building bridges. If it was, then the imam and his horrible wife would back down, and be understanding, not fight tooth and nail for something they don't really need. They already have a mosque two blocks away. This is a political gambit, a brilliant idea to make us look like oppressors.
"We are stuck between a rock and hard place."
I thought it was Iraq and a hard place. ;-) ( Sorry, I've been waiting a long time for that straight line.)
Seriously though, I agree. I just posted a question about the same thing in the "NancY Pelosi investigation" thread before I saw your post. Getting old, can't read fast enough.
We will change their names to "ignorant anuses" , from the "dumb asses" that they really are
OK, From this day forward it shall be known as the HAMASQUE...
They say this mosque isn't anywhere near ground zero... Having lived here most of my life, let me tell you, if I don't have to take a train or a cab to get there, it's close by.
lets call it the "Tom Kent/Associated Press Mosque near the site formerly know as the World Trade Center" ... PC enough?
mv