Big Three Networks Avoid Calling ISIS 'Terrorists;' Label Them 'Rebels' and 'Militant

[Vigilante]

You can tell that the MSM is either scared to death, or sympathetic to the scum of the earth...I vote #2!

The Big Three networks steered clear of labeling the Islamist group ISIS "terrorists" on their evening newscasts on Friday. Instead, ABC's World News and CBS Evening News labeled the genocidal radicals "militants." NBC Nightly News used the more benign "rebels" in their coverage of the group's latest attacks on the Kurdish part of Iraq. The closest that a journalist at ABC, CBS, or NBC got to using the "terrorist" label was Scott Pelley's teaser at the very top of CBS Evening News: [MP3 audio available (video at link) SCOTT PELLEY (teaser): Tonight, back in battle:...

Big Three Networks Avoid Calling ISIS 'Terrorists;' Label Them 'Rebels' and 'Militants' | NewsBusters

 

[Moonglow]

Hamas is a splinter group of The Muslim Brotherhood

 

[percysunshine]

How do the Big Three Networks refer to 'ISIS', as compared with their reference to 'The Tea Party'?


That might be an interesting comparison.

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[Peach]

You can tell that the MSM is either scared to death, or sympathetic to the scum of the earth...I vote #2!

The Big Three networks steered clear of labeling the Islamist group ISIS "terrorists" on their evening newscasts on Friday. Instead, ABC's World News and CBS Evening News labeled the genocidal radicals "militants." NBC Nightly News used the more benign "rebels" in their coverage of the group's latest attacks on the Kurdish part of Iraq. The closest that a journalist at ABC, CBS, or NBC got to using the "terrorist" label was Scott Pelley's teaser at the very top of CBS Evening News: [MP3 audio available (video at link) SCOTT PELLEY (teaser): Tonight, back in battle:...

Big Three Networks Avoid Calling ISIS 'Terrorists;' Label Them 'Rebels' and 'Militants' | NewsBusters

Dirty, inhuman, b------- is a bit long; ISIS is beyond terrorist, ISIS is nihilist.

 

[blackhawk]

Well calling them terrorist might offend someone and we sure can't have that.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

You can tell that the MSM is either scared to death, or sympathetic to the scum of the earth...I vote #2!

The Big Three networks steered clear of labeling the Islamist group ISIS "terrorists" on their evening newscasts on Friday. Instead, ABC's World News and CBS Evening News labeled the genocidal radicals "militants." NBC Nightly News used the more benign "rebels" in their coverage of the group's latest attacks on the Kurdish part of Iraq. The closest that a journalist at ABC, CBS, or NBC got to using the "terrorist" label was Scott Pelley's teaser at the very top of CBS Evening News: [MP3 audio available (video at link) SCOTT PELLEY (teaser): Tonight, back in battle:...

Big Three Networks Avoid Calling ISIS 'Terrorists;' Label Them 'Rebels' and 'Militants' | NewsBusters

Um, your premise is faulty:

site:*.cnn.com ISIS terrorists

site:*msnbc.com ISIS terrorists

site:*foxnews.com ISIS terrorists


ISIS terrorists turn to social media crowdsourcing to target Saudi ...
www.foxnews.com/.../isis-terrorists-turn-to-social-media-crowdsourcing-to-target-saudi-intel/

Hardball with Chris Matthews on msnbc - MSNBC.com
www.msnbc.com/hardball*
ISIS have quickly swept across vast regions of Iraq, but who are they and what ...
the nature of the terror group ISIS and whether American involvement can be ...

ISIS: The first terror group to build an Islamic state? - CNN.com
ISIS: The first terror group to build an Islamic state? - CNN.com
Jun 12, 2014 ... The aim of ISIS is to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and in
Syria. Terrorists gain ground in Iraq fighting. ISIS' enigmatic terror ...

 

[Peach]

Well calling them terrorist might offend someone and we sure can't have that.

Is scum of the earth, filthy, inhuman excrement less offensive?

 

[blackhawk]

Well calling them terrorist might offend someone and we sure can't have that.

Is scum of the earth, filthy, inhuman excrement less offensive?

Works for me the PC out there will have a fit over it though.

 

[mamooth]

Obama is now bombing ISIS. Hence, you can see Vig's problem. ISIS is bad and must be destroyed, but Vig's cult says that all who oppose Obama are good and holy. Poor Vig has two contradictory mandates battling it out in his head.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Looking more closely at the cartoon I see they mean the other guys. You'd be hard-pressed to convince anyone today news companies with less than an hour of news a night is a 'big' anything.

 

[kiwiman127]

I haven't seen any broadcast whether cable news, network nightly news or local news call ISIS anything but "terrorist". I'm confused, well I was confused,,,,,the OP's source was News Busters!