The Ceremony of Innocence is Drowned

Empire Burlesque by Chris Floyd | Aug. 11, 2006 (Opinion)

In the oceans of newsprint and tsunamis of pixels expended on the London bomb plot stories over the last two days, I don't recall seeing -- anywhere, either in the US or UK media -- that one little word which differentiates honest journalism from the noxious regurgitations of state propaganda: "alleged."

Everywhere, you read that a "bomb plot was thwarted" -- not an alleged bomb plot. Everywhere, you read that the plotters (or most of them) have ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, Media
Topics: Terrorism, Ethics in Journalism
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Posted by: Posted by Rod Amis - Aug 11, 2006 - 4:20 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Rod Amis (review), Mike LaBonte (review)
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Edited by: Ezra Fox - Aug 16, 2006 - 7:51 PM PDT

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Rod Amis
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 by Rod Amis - Oct. 1, 2008

Very opinionated piece on the nature of reporting on the London airline bomb plot story. Floyd is nothing if not direct with his criticism of the coverage since the incident hit the news.

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Mike LaBonte
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 by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

Inflammatory language and sarcastic humor all found here. But it makes a good point that the word "alleged" seems scarce in discussions of terrorism, as though it's OK to villify the subjects because we probably will never hear of any trial for them anyway. Reader comments refute the story to some degree by citing instances where "alleged" has been used with regard to alleged terrorists.

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