Most Newsweek staffers agree: The word "terrorist" should be reserved to foreigner attackers only

[ohiodemocratic]

I found this article disturbing and hard to believe:

http://www.newsweek.com/id/233949/page/1

Newsweek actually had a debate among its workers regarding whether or not an American who kills people deliberately is a terrorist vs. a foreigner having committed a similar action.

Glenn Greenwald tweets: "Anyone who doubts that the media "definition" of "Terrorism" includes: "Muslim -- not American" - should read this." (referring to the Newsweek article)

Here's just one comment by Kathy Jones, the person whose title is "managing editor of multimedia" in Newsweek:

Here is my handy guide:
Lone wolfish American attacker who sees gov't as threat to personal freedom: bomber, tax protester, survivalist, separatist

Group of Americans bombing/kidnapping to protest U.S. policies on war/poverty/personal freedom/ - radical left-wing movement, right-wing separatists

All foreign groups or foreign individuals bombing/shooting to protest American gov't: terrorists

Then, a bunch of reporters go on to agree with Jones.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. Good. So the Spanish ETA aren't terrorists? Neither the IRA?

Tell that to a Spaniard's face.

[Lyric]

2. Plenty of people here who agree with that, too.

I guess it's only terrorism if the brown people do it.

:eyes:

[ChicagoSuz219]

3. They're not terrorists...

...they're DOMESTIC TERRORISTS!

[liberal N proud]

4. That is pure bullshit

Terror is terror regardless of who is committing it and the act of terror is terrorism.

BULLSHIT!

[indepat]

5. F****** unbelievable

:P

[Tesha]

12. All too believable. Along with routinely down-playing lefty gatherings and pumping up Reich-Wing...

...gatherings.

Tesha

[KonaKane]

6. Unreal.

That gets more real with every passing day.

[PSPS]

7. In other words, 'terrorist' has been annointed as a RW code word to use by Newsweek.

[gratuitous]

8. With only one exception

And that's "eco-terrorists." Then, even white people can be labeled terrorist if they place the environment equal to or above corporate profits. 'Cause that's just classic terroristical thinking.

[damntexdem]

9. Thus is defined the level of professional journalism at Newswreck.

[RC]

10. No. What then would Richard Bruce Cheney be, if not a terrorist?

[lxlxlxl]

11. no shit. mcveigh was never treated like a terrorist, and i think the dems/progressives have lost b/c

i had this discussion the other week. what if clinton went on television and declared War on Domestic Terrorism and Extremism. wonder how effective that would have been.