Why BBC doesn't call Hamas militants 'terrorists' - John Simpson - eviltoast

I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

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    1 year ago

    I disagree; it’s a loaded, politicized word. Even if you say that the “entire western world” considers Hamas a terrorist organization, that’s a sweeping generalization which, even if it could be called 100% true, does not represent the whole world.

    Tell me the facts without giving me those loaded words. I’m smart enough to draw my own conclusions.