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Peter Jennings: [over the phone] Whatever conception you have of Arabia or Arabs, you need to understand how sensitive this situation is. This is no longer the Olympics.
Marvin Bader: Thank you, Peter, for, uh, clarifying. It does bring up a good question. What should we call them on the air?
Peter Jennings: In News, we would refer to them as commando guerrillas.
Roone Arledge: Commando? That sounds like we're in Vietnam or something.
Geoffrey Mason: What was it they called them in German radio?
Marianne Gebhardt: "Terrorists."
Roone Arledge: What was that?
Marianne Gebhardt: They used "terrorists."
Roone Arledge: Okay. Let's... let's go with that.
Peter Jennings: That's a charged term. Terrorism is the organized and systematic use of violence against civilians to affect a political goal.
Marvin Bader: Isn't that pretty much what's happening here?
Peter Jennings: Nobody knows yet what is happening here. So we have to be very careful about everything we say on air
Marvin Bader: Thank you, Peter, for, uh, clarifying. It does bring up a good question. What should we call them on the air?
Peter Jennings: In News, we would refer to them as commando guerrillas.
Roone Arledge: Commando? That sounds like we're in Vietnam or something.
Geoffrey Mason: What was it they called them in German radio?
Marianne Gebhardt: "Terrorists."
Roone Arledge: What was that?
Marianne Gebhardt: They used "terrorists."
Roone Arledge: Okay. Let's... let's go with that.
Peter Jennings: That's a charged term. Terrorism is the organized and systematic use of violence against civilians to affect a political goal.
Marvin Bader: Isn't that pretty much what's happening here?
Peter Jennings: Nobody knows yet what is happening here. So we have to be very careful about everything we say on air
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Whatever conception you have of Arabia or Arabs
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you need to understand how sensitive this situation is
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This is no longer the Olympics
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Thank you Peter for uh clarifying
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It does bring up a good question
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What should we call them on the air
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In News we would refer to them as commando guerrillas
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Commando That sounds like we're in Vietnam or something
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What was it they called them on German radio
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Terrorists ROONE What was that
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They used terrorists
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Okay Let's let's go with that
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That's a charged term
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Terrorism is the organized and systematic use
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of violence against civilians to affect a political goal
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Isn't that pretty much what's happening here
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Nobody knows yet what is happening here
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So we have to be very careful about everything we say on air
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Movie Summary
During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcasting team must adapt to live coverage the Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group.
