Thread: AP to reporters: Refer to GZ Mosque as ‘NYC Mosque’ now

It is likely those who were around the area included themselves in Ground Zero territory

AP to reporters: Refer to GZ Mosque as ‘NYC Mosque’ now

Thursday, August 19, 2010
Kerry Picket, Washington Times

The Associated Press sent an advisory out on Thursday telling its staff to stop referencing the controversial Cordoba House as the "Ground Zero Mosque." Instead, the AP wants their reporters to call it the "NYC Mosque." In an advisory the AP wrote: http://www.ap.org/pages/about/pressrele ... 1910b.html

Colleagues,

Here is some guidance on covering the NYC mosque story, with assists from Chad Roedemeier in the NYC bureau and Terry Hunt in Washington:
1. We should continue to avoid the phrase "ground zero mosque" or "mosque at ground zero" on all platforms. (We’ve very rarely used this wording, except in slugs, though we sometimes see other news sources using the term.) The site of the proposed Islamic center and mosque is not at ground zero, but two blocks away in a busy commercial area. We should continue to say it’s “nearâ€

You've got to be freaking kidding me! I'd kick the livin' daylights out of someone who tries that PC crap on me!

Just like they INSIST their reporters call illegal aliens "immigrants".

More yellow journalism from the 4th arm of government.

Exclusive Broadcast
Results of investigation of proposed New York City Islamic center funding plans to be announced

By Doug Hagmann Friday, August 20, 2010

imageThe findings of a several-month investigation into the individuals, organizations and funding of the proposed New York City Islamic Center will be announced for the first time on The Roth Show, nationally syndicated on the IRN-USA Radio Network and Harris Broadcasting in a special show airing Friday, August 20, 2010 from 6-9 p.m. ET. (Listen Live) The project has been at the center of controversy since plans for its constructions were made public.

Douglas J. Hagmann, founder and director of the Northeast Intelligence Network, multi-state licensed veteran investigator in the private sector and senior investigative columnist for Canada Free Press spearheaded the investigation, which has taken months due to its complexity.

A full report will be published concurrent with the 6:00 p.m. broadcast exclusively on the web sites of The Roth Show, Canada Free Press and the Northeast Intelligence Network, and will consist of detailed information that has not been disclosed elsewhere.

“Most people know only what they hear from the corporate media, which has done a remarkably poor job in exposing the individuals and entities behind this project,â€

It will always been known to me as the Ground Zero Mosk until the day comes that wisdom bulldozes it down.