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Friday, August 20, 2010

'Ground Zero Mosque': Latest In A Litany Of Killer Phrases : Watching Washington : NPR

'Ground Zero Mosque': Latest In A Litany Of Killer Phrases : Watching Washington : NPR

by RON ELVING

GROUND ZERO MOSQUE. The phrase sums up a controversy in terms so vivid and concise that neither journalists nor water cooler pundits can resist using them. Even if you put the words in quotation marks, on paper or in the air, the powerful combination works its magic.

The proposed Islamic center would be two blocks north of the site where the twin towers stood, in a building previously occupied by a Burlington Coat Factory store.
Of course, the phrase is also inaccurate and misleading.

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