itshappening
08-19-2010, 02:54 PM
But not to stop calling Ron Paul's presidential bid "quixotic" or "long shot" ?
Maybe we should ask for a similar directive ??
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100819/pl_yblog_upshot/ap-advises-staff-on-location-of-islamic-center-and-mosque
The Associated Press, one of world's most powerful news organizations, issued a memo today advising staff to avoid the phrase "Ground Zero mosque."
The Upshot reported Tuesday that the AP started using the phrase "Ground Zero mosque" in some headlines in late May. The New York Times, for one, has consciously avoided that phrasing.
The AP began using the phrase as the controversy over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque in Lower Manhattan started bubbling up to the national level. Many news organizations, across platforms, routinely dub the project the "Ground Zero Mosque."
The AP has always been clear in the text of stories that the project would be built two blocks from Ground Zero and not on the actual site. But AP headlines, at times, ran with the phrase adopted by opponents of the project and amplified by the media.
Now the news organization is taking steps to make sure that no longer occurs.
"We should continue to avoid the phrase 'ground zero mosque' or 'mosque at ground zero' on all platforms," said Tom Kent, the AP's deputy managing editor for standards and production, in the memo the news organization shared with The Upshot.
Maybe we should ask for a similar directive ??
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100819/pl_yblog_upshot/ap-advises-staff-on-location-of-islamic-center-and-mosque
The Associated Press, one of world's most powerful news organizations, issued a memo today advising staff to avoid the phrase "Ground Zero mosque."
The Upshot reported Tuesday that the AP started using the phrase "Ground Zero mosque" in some headlines in late May. The New York Times, for one, has consciously avoided that phrasing.
The AP began using the phrase as the controversy over the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque in Lower Manhattan started bubbling up to the national level. Many news organizations, across platforms, routinely dub the project the "Ground Zero Mosque."
The AP has always been clear in the text of stories that the project would be built two blocks from Ground Zero and not on the actual site. But AP headlines, at times, ran with the phrase adopted by opponents of the project and amplified by the media.
Now the news organization is taking steps to make sure that no longer occurs.
"We should continue to avoid the phrase 'ground zero mosque' or 'mosque at ground zero' on all platforms," said Tom Kent, the AP's deputy managing editor for standards and production, in the memo the news organization shared with The Upshot.