political correctness
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11…
At least 82 people have been killed and 240 wounded in a coordinated terrorist attack in Mumbai, India…
Five paragraphs, no mention of the religion of the terrorists.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/world/…
At Least 82 Dead in India Terror Attacks
Fourty four (!!) paragraphs, no mention of the religion of the terrorists.
Deccan Mujahideen: seventh word is “Islamic”.
November 27th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Not as of 9:45 am, EST, it isn’t…. Right now, the closest to it is in the side chart: “Ideology: Islamism”.
Of course, as it says, “This article is related to a current event: 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.”
Perhaps “ARTICLE may change rapidly…” might be more appropriate.
That said, it isn’t unfair to distinguish between “Muslim” and “Islamicist”. Nevertheless, the media bias is interesting, though thoroughly unsurprising.