Author Of Politicizing Fox News Internal Memos Issues Statement Rejecting Term "Civil War"....


First Posted: 12- 1-06 04:56 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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Think Progress:

Fox News has declared that it will not use the phrase "civil war" to describe the current violence in Iraq.

Fox's Senior Vice President John Moody -- whose infamous politically-slanted internal memos have gained notoriety -- said in a statement that "some are using the term civil war to indicate failure, not inside Iraq, but on U.S. policy in Iraq. We're unwilling to fall into that tender trap. We're not using the term because there are non-Iraqis in the fray and that makes it something different."

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