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onalists who viewed him as a traitor, correspondents say.
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NTV television said Dink was shot three times in the head and neck. Muharrem Gozutok, a restaurant owner near the newspaper, said the assailant looked about 20, wore jeans and a cap and shouted “I shot the non-Muslim” as he left the scene.
Why did the BBC put the word “genocide” in scare quotes?
“non-Muslim”! Infidel? Kaffir? Effing Christian? I think we should be told.
Dom – that’s the BBC for you. And while I don’t know how reliable the “I shot the non-Muslim” quote is, it’s not the sort of thing the BBC would report.
The latest Beeb article – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6281193.stm, “Fury in Turkey at editor’s murder – manages to avoid the awkward “genocide” word, referring instead to “mass killings”.
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