Terrorism, Terrorists
and Terrorist Groups

August 22, 2003

UPDATED: NPR’s Little Cover-Up

NPR's Terror Problem, published recently on National Review Online, documented National Public Radio's refusal to use any form of the word terror in reporting recent murderous attacks by Palestinians against Israelis, despite the network's regular use of the terror word in reporting the recent al-Qaeda attacks in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. Now the publicly-funded network has been caught in an embarrassing cover-up on the issue.
August 13, 2003

Monitor Muddles Terrorism and Fence Building

A Christian Science Monitor article treats the Israeli victims of a terrorist attack as an afterthought. To the Monitor, the tragedy seems to be -- not that two civilians were killed -- but that the suicide bombers “threatened to undermine the Palestinian Authority’s campaign to stop Israel’s barrier.”

July 20, 2003

AP Calls Terror Organizations “Militias”

The Associated Press (AP) has adopted the word “militia” to refer to Palestinian terrorist groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. Not only are Hamas and Islamic Jihad on both the U.S. and U.N. list of international terrorist organizations, but all three share a platform of targeting and killing civilians.

April 30, 2003

Avoiding Armageddon (2003)

Episode 3: The New Face of Terrorism — Upping the Ante Ted Turner Documentaries Executive Producers: Frank Sesno and Chris Guarino Host: Walter Cronkite 2 hours
CNN founder and media mogul Ted Turner recently turned his interest to documentary film making. His company's first produc is an 8-hour series about weapons of mass destruction and terrorism hosted by the venerable elder statesman of TV news, Walter Cronkite."The New Face of Terrorism: Upping the Ante" is the third film in the series which aired on four consecutive nights in April 2003 on PBS.
March 28, 2003

Daniszewski Works to Polish Syrian Image

In his Feb. 20 Los Angeles Times article entitled "Syria Works to Polish Its Image," correspondent John Daniszewski appears to have joined the official Syrian public relations campaign. The reporter obscures Syrian involvement in chemical and biological weapons, covers up the government's support for Hizballah and other terrorist groups, and distorts Syria's position vis-í -vis peace with Israel.

March 11, 2003

Terror Rules at NPR

An Islamic extremist explodes a bomb amidst a crowd of civilians on March 4th, killing more than 20, including himself. Less than a day later another Islamic extremist explodes a bomb on a civilian bus, killing more than 15, including himself. Parallel stories, but not covered in a parallel way on National Public Radio.