Comments on: Newscasters Appeal to FBI to Create Easy Nicknames for Terrorists

By: Islam and the media – without media. | Mediamum

Islam and the media – without media. | Mediamum — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:24:17 +0000

[...] traditional media to maintain and pander to the ignorance of the people who pay for what might or might not be newsworthy? AKPC_IDS += "511,";Popularity: unranked [?]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Islam and [...]

By: P. Beckert

P. Beckert — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:06:42 +0000

If you’ve been watching the news, it seems the commentators on this story have done everything they can to get out of having to pronounce this guys full name. From what I can see, they’ve already gotten rid of the Umar and Farouk and the ‘has’ at the end was a news fluke, so we seem to now be left with Abdul Mutallab. Much, much easier.

By: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab | Linguism

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab | Linguism — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:44:25 +0000

[...] Here is a plea by some American news people for a simplification of difficult names. Is that reasonable, or a cop out? Share and Enjoy: [...]

By: Crazy

Crazy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:47:39 +0000

“…ability to get a correct version of the news out in the least amount of time.” How they ask? Well, it is because the know them. How? They train them. They used to be interns in AJE.