Comedian and talk-show host Bill Maher tore into media groups Friday night over efforts to restrict use of the word “terrorism” — even for brazen attacks designed to kill and maim people.
“There was a war on terror, and we won. And yet, so much has changed since 9/11. For example, back then, we were against the terrorists,” he said on his “Real Time With Bill Maher” show on HBO, which aired Sept. 11.
That opened up a series of comments mocking the media for how it sets language ground rules on the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks that took the lives of 2,977 people.
“Now a lot of media outlets don’t even want you to say the ‘T-word’ on the 25th anniversary,” Maher said, pointing to journalism associations that he said wanted writers to put the word terrorism in quotes “because it’s emotionally and politically loaded.”
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