Comments on: Fox News discovers the flower bomb

By: Matthew Downhour

Matthew Downhour — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:42:30 +0000

Moreover, the term homicide bomber is inaccurate if the bomber fails to kill anyone, or if their targets are strictly millitary.

By: Crossy

Crossy — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:45:36 +0000

Just read the linked-to page and I’m really not convinced that this isn’t just Fox trying to be different.
IMHO the “suicide bomber” term is correct for when describing the Semtex-waistcoat brigade, who kill themselves along with their “targets”. On the other hand – to me at least – a “homicide bomber” would be a person who is intending to kill their “targets” but not themselves. For example, the IRA and ETA campaigns of the past.
That said, who’s stupid enough to get their news from Fox anyway? Lowest-common-denominator t.v. par excellance!

By: Snooo

Snooo — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:09:19 +0000

Not just Fox News – the term was established by the Israeli government and the US Bush administration. Yup – means precisely nothing, and is next to useless as a journalistic account.