# 17 - the label game

Michelle Malkin has posted some excellent research relating to #17 from the bias list. #17 originally read as follows:

17. The label game. During the cold war, MSM/DNC referred to Communist dictators as the "Russian leader" or the "Chinese leader." MSM/DNC never referred to an opponent of Communism as a "leader" - only as a strongman, dictator, etc. Communists were never "dictators" and opponents of Communism were never "leaders."

In reporting today's issues, experts are either (1) "experts" (if they support the MSM/DNC view) or (2) "conservative lobbyists", "conservative fundraisers", "conservative activists" or "conservative" something else.

Islamic terrorists are "insurgents", "militants", "freedom fighters" "guerrillas" or "rebels" but never "terrorists."

I forgot about the word "maverick" used to describe opportunistic and unprincipled Republicans. Michelle asks, "How can they be mavericks if there are so many of them?"