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Old 09-12-2007, 09:23 PM   #31
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That you don't like the way it sounds in English even though both are correct descriptions. It's not THAT big of a deal.

I doubt it would bug you if weren't a liberal.
I know it's not a big deal, that's why it is a pet peeve of mine
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Old 09-12-2007, 09:24 PM   #32
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rocky, i'm not so sure it's good english either.

what time is it? can you look at your clock watch and tell me?
Like I said...it's not THAT big of a deal. Aren't you overeacting just a tad?

Although I could see if you had the same complaint about the term Ute fan. That would make more sense.

Here's a suggestion...write FoxNews and express your outrage. I'm sure it would garner some good laughs.
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Old 09-12-2007, 09:27 PM   #33
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Like I said...it's not THAT big of a deal. Aren't you overeacting just a tad?

Although I could see if you had the same complaint about the term Ute fan. That would make more sense.

Here's a suggestion...write FoxNews and express your outrage. I'm sure it would garner some good laughs.
I don't think posting on a message board counts as overreacting.
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Old 09-12-2007, 09:29 PM   #34
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Aren't the bombers committing mass homicide along with just one suicide simultaneously?

I don't have a problem with either reference. Both are accurate.
It's less precise than the more common alternative. Suicide bomber means the bomber died in the blast. Homicide bomber means what?

Don't kid yourself, it is a gimmick to make them look like they are tough on terrorism, unlike the liberal networks.
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It's less precise than the more common alternative. Suicide bomber means the bomber died in the blast. Homicide bomber means what?

Don't kid yourself, it is a gimmick to make them look like they are tough on terrorism, unlike the liberal networks.
You know as well as I do what Homicide bomber means. That said bomber is a mass murderer.

For a network like CNN that has the likes of Larry King, Anderson Cooper, and Glenn Beck with shows and MSNBC with someone like Olbermann...it's not like FOX has cornered the market of gimmick news.
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You know as well as I do what Homicide bomber means. That said bomber is a mass murderer.
Aha... "homicide" = "mass murderer"? So if only one person dies, what do we call it?

And if the bomb is detonated remotely? How about "non-suicide homicide bomber"? Even better, "chicken-shit homicide bomber".

Yes, we need to have tough labels in our fair and balanced news reporting.
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Aha... "homicide" = "mass murderer"? So if only one person dies, what do we call it?

And if the bomb is detonated remotely? How about "non-suicide homicide bomber"? Even better, "chicken-shit homicide bomber".

Yes, we need to have tough labels in our fair and balanced news reporting.
You wouldn't be bitching about something as semantical as this if it were a non-conservative news outlet and you know it.
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You wouldn't be bitching about something as semantical as this if it were a non-conservative news outlet and you know it.
Actually, I probably watch Fox more than CNN or any of the others. But their style makes me laugh at times.
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I'm right wing. Now that it's out there...

I remember a couple years ago, they had some big-wig from GE on Fox News and he made the comment that they were gunning to knock Fox News off of the top of the cable news ratings. He acknowledged that MSNBC needed to be more like Fox News, and that Fox News sets the standard in 24-hour cable news.

I didn't understand this. I had never heard that Fox News was "the best" cable news provider, just the most right-leaning (in my opinion they are in the center and everyone else is left-leaning).

Is it pretty well established that Fox News is the king of cable news?
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I'm right wing. Now that it's out there...

I remember a couple years ago, they had some big-wig from GE on Fox News and he made the comment that they were gunning to knock Fox News off of the top of the cable news ratings. He acknowledged that MSNBC needed to be more like Fox News, and that Fox News sets the standard in 24-hour cable news.

I didn't understand this. I had never heard that Fox News was "the best" cable news provider, just the most right-leaning (in my opinion they are in the center and everyone else is left-leaning).

Is it pretty well established that Fox News is the king of cable news?
It pissed them off that O'Reilly Factor was killing the other networks in the ratings so they got Olberman to copycat the style and tone of O'Reillys show albeit they are on opposite ends of any debating point....but wala......they're getting some attention.

I rarely watch any of the cable networks anymore.
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