Topic: NewsBusters
A May 5 NewsBusters item by Ken Shepherd accuses the Washington Post of "clinical coldness" for using the term "fetus" rather than "unborn child" in an article. Posters in the item's thread complained that the term "fetus" is dehumanizing.
If dehumanization is such an issue, why do NewsBusters writers refer to illegal immigrants as "aliens"? That term is arguably as dehumanizing as "fetus," if not more so since, unlike "alien," "fetus" is a recognized medical term.
A search of NewsBusters shows 28 items in which the term "illegal aliens" appears. Leading by example is MRC boss Brent Bozell, who most recently used the term in columns on April 19 and May 3.
Posted by Terry K.
at 2:56 PM EDT
