New Yorks Times Bans Mr Osama Bin Laden: Mr Hitler Approves

HOW do you report on Osama bin Laden? The NY Times bans the use of Mr Osama bin Laden, as in who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler:

At Jill and Bill’s request, we dropped the honorific for Bin Laden.

Without a “Mr.” in front of his name, it was decided that we should capitalize the “B” in Bin Laden on second references.

Quite so.

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11th SEPTEMBER: A US flag flies from the remains of the World Trade Centre. The heart of New York's financial district's twin towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack on 11/9/01 killing more than 5000 people.

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Posted: 4th, May 2011 | In: Reviews Comment | TrackBack | Permalink