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Tuesday, July 12, 2005
 
Category: Language
Thank you to Slatts and particularly The Telegraph for letting us know that the BBC edits out the word terrorist.
The BBC's guidelines state that its credibility is undermined by the "careless use of words which carry emotional or value judgments".
Consequently, "the word 'terrorist' itself can be a barrier rather than an aid to understanding" and its use should be "avoided", the guidelines say.
The avoidance of the word terrorist and the re-writing of history is absolutely certainly "a barrier rather than an aid to understanding".

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