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"Homicide Bombers"
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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
This is definitely not a logical explanation of the choice of using "suicide" bomber versus "homicide" bomber. But whatever. More importantly, considering the major snafus by certain other networks reflecting bias, I wouldn't give Fox such a hard time over its reporting. Or its audience either.
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Suicide bombings are different because the attacker is willing to die to kill others. This means that they are particularly difficult to deter, and that they resonate more as a PR matter. Calling them "homicide bombings" is an attempt to will the problem away by ignoring what makes them different from other bombings, and a manifestation of a broader foolish belief that hard policy problems can be solved by manipulating press coverage.
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