From the AP in 1945:

Adolf Hitler, the prime suspect in the Jewish Genocide, has been reported missing in action. Embarassed US military officials have failed to come up with any leads as to his whereabouts. In 1941 FDR declared war on Germany despite being attacked by Japan, not Germany. At a certain point in the war, unauthorized by the League of Nations, it became US policy to remove from power the German leader who was legally elected in 1932. Neoliberal President FDR had been under increasing pressure to find Hitler until his mysterious death earlier this year.

At least they didn't use "alleged"

Jeez, next thing you know, they'll be calling former KKK Kleagle Robert Byrd "Senator."

Oh, wait...

I'm telling you...it's only a matter of time before they start referring to those bastards as "revolutionaries".

Why do Palestinians rate the moniker "militiants" and "dissidents"? Because they fight the Real Enemy, as Sinead O'Conner would put it.

Ace, I don't know what you're complaining 'bout. It's not like Robert Redford is going to make a movie about a murderous Commie like Che Guevara or somet.....

Whoops!

/embarrassed

Didn't Reuters announce recently (within the last year or so) that they would no longer refer to people as "terrorists?" This was no doubt intended to pass some global test of avoiding pejorative labels for people who are "not like us" or some such drivel.

Anyway, if my memory of this is correct, then AP is just following along.

Ace,

Here's how it works. We all know the MSM is in bed with the DNC(an abortion procedure). Holbrooke has called the war on terror a euphimism for things like the war on poverty, etc. To coordinate with the DNC(an abortion procedure), the MSM can't use the word terrorist because it plays right into the Bush campaigns' hands. See, they've already gone back to pre 9/11, and consider UBL a nuissance.

So, to keep this meme on track, they will downplay any and all references to terrorism and label them in the least plausible form so that millions of moon-bats won't get confused when they hear the word "terrorist".

Kip, they started the policy of not calling terrorists terrorists right after 9/11. Because after all, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. That's the intelligent, nuanced, sophisticated way to see things we depend on the MSM to deliver.

And we all know that the freedom, as Islamists see it and kill innocent civilians for, means instituting religious law so strict Soviet military occupation looks liberal in comparison.

Language is tyranny...and if that's true, then AP is the Hitler of the press.

What the fudge ? You complaining that the AP used the term "prime suspect"? Almost every liberal in America believes it was Osama. So what if the AP uses the term "prime suspect."

speaking of Ann Coulter; anyone see this snippet of hilarity?

Last sentence in the caption:

The purported pledge by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to unite with Osama bin Laden's group raises the horrifying specter of two of the world's most dangerous terrorists working together, though it may be a sign of weakness rather than strength

Emphasis mine. Did they add this since you last checked it?

Still, "Saudi dissident" is pretty damn pathetic.

poker me up