BBC to staff: don’t call al-Qaeda preacher an “extremist”. That sounds too much like a “value judgment” and everybody knows the BBC doesn’t have values. Oh, by they way, they don’t want staff using old photos that make him look fat, either, because he’s “lost a lot of weight.” No wonder the terrorists don’t hire public relations firms – they have the BBC for free!
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Well then, lets just "call" Seal Team Six, and then we can all "call" this guy dead....works for me.
How about if I just call him terrorist then?
This whole dog and pony show called political correctness is going to kill us all!
Yes it will.
A BBC spokesman said: “We think very carefully about the language we use. We do not ban words – the notes are a reflection of a live editorial discussion about how to report the latest developments on this story.”
Who needs nanotechnology? This guy can apparently split hairs at the atomic level.
I listen to the BBC, & they do ban words in a politically correct manner. The spokesman is a liar.