Too PC or the right move?

[verytwistedmind.livejournal.com]

CNN's John King: "Before we go to break, I want to make a quick point. We were having a discussion about the Chicago mayoral race. My friend Andy Shaw used the term 'in the crosshairs' in talking about the candidates. We're trying, we're trying to get away from that language. Andy is a good friend, he's covered politics for a long time, but we're trying to get away from that kind of language."

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/01/18/cnn_apologizes_for_guest_using_term_crosshairs.html <- video


Is this over the top? Have we taken this push for civility to the point were we will once again warp our lexicon to suit the hyper sensitive? Do we need words that are purely for political discussion and nothing else? Jargon more so than lexicon.

I heard on the radio that John Boehner has started calling the health care repeal "a job's crusher' rather than a 'job's killer' [unfounded rumer citation needed]

Comments

[rasilio.livejournal.com]

Actually yes.

Believe it or not there are people who get paid to watch TV all day and track all manner of things that get mentioned, anything from mentioning a corporation to various types of political speech.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking that gig would be nice for a couple of days, then notsomuch.