Friday, January 04, 2013

Yet again, the New York Times sneakily rephrases

"A spokeswoman for the Israeli military, who spoke on the condition of anonymity under army rules, said the purpose of Tuesday’s raid on the village, Tamoun, was to arrest a resident, Murad Bani Odeh, who she said was suspected of being a terrorist."  In the early version of this lousy article, Mr. Odeh was referred to as "suspected terrorist".