From: Gregg N 




  
  


Mark wrote:

  Both the BBC and Reuters have stricken the
"T" word from their
vocabulary --
a couple of overzealous BBC reporters slipped up when the bombs went off
in-country, and no doubt close to their locations, but management quickly
sanitized their pieces (I guess they thought that no one would notice their
weasel-like behavior)
  

It got me wondering about other publications. It appears the Washington
Post  prefers "bomb attacks" to "terrorist
attacks", in connection with the London attacks:

"LONDON, July 11 -- One by one, leading members of
Britain's
House of Commons from a wide range of political parties rose on Monday
afternoon to pledge their solidarity with the people of London over last
week's bomb attacks and to shower praise on one man: Prime Minister Tony
Blair."


although I have seen them use the "T" word as well. Meanwhile,
the New York Times appears to use the "T" word to refer to them.
From today's paper,

"LONDON, July 11 - The official death toll from last week's
terrorist
attacks in London rose to 52 on Monday, and the authorities began making
their first formal identifications of the victims."


Gregg




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