Touré, co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle, spoke out in support of the Associated Press’ recent decision to cease using the term “illegal immigrant” to describe a person. He said that the phrase was loaded and contained inflammatory connotations that should be discarded in the way that saying “negro” to describe an African-American is no longer… Read more »
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AP Stylebook Eliminates the Term “Islamist”
RUSH: Everything today is an agenda. Everything promoting the leftist agenda. There are no news outlets anymore. It’s all opinion. Everything, everywhere is opinion, from the cherry-picking of information, what is going to be reported and that’s gonna be edited out. What’s gonna be reported and what’s gonna be ignored. Source: Rush Limbaugh – All… Read more »
Eric Holder Doesn’t Want to Miss ‘Opportunity’ of Obama’s Second Term
Attorney General Eric Holder may work through all four years of President Barack Obama’s second term because he is hesitant to miss the “opportunity” that remains as long as Obama wields power. Appearing on radio’s the Tom Joyner Morning Show Thursday morning, Holder was asked if he would stick around for all four years of… Read more »
Associated Press under scrutiny for nixing term ‘illegal immigrant’ from Stylebook
The Associated Press is being accused of trying to influence the immigration debate following a decision to stop using the term “illegal immigrant” in its coverage — despite the fact it is still being used by U.S. government officials including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Source: FOXNews.com