Getting NPR to do your PR

I really wish news organizations would be more cognizant of the PR they are offering to murderers for free.

I heard two different leads on Morning Edition regarding the London Bombings. (I refuse to offer more searchable info for the terrorist organizations, so the names have been changed to protect Google.)

Consider the first lead I heard,

"A group calling itself the New Order of Adjutant Puppy Stompers claimed responsibility for several bombs in London today."

versus,

"Coordinated bomb attacks in London this morning have left several dead and many injured".


The important news is that innocent people were killed, not what sort of half-assed group did it.