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Subject: What do we call him/her

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Date Posted: 15:15:16 10/20/02 Sun

FROM
NEWS24.com
Washington - A sniper has left few clues behind in his two-week-long shooting spree in and around the U.S. capital, foiling efforts to coin a suitable moniker for the killer.

Time Magazine dubbed the gunman "The Beltway Sniper," named for the highway encircling the Washington suburbs where the gunman has shot 11 people, killing 9, seemingly at random. Newsweek called him "The Tarot Card Killer," referring to a Tarot "Death" card found near one of the crime scenes.

Journalism experts said most media outlets have avoided labeling the killer because too little was known about him or his intentions.

"People are too afraid right now to hand out nicknames," said Columbia University professor Andie Tucker.

"There is next to nothing known about this killer, and what we do know about him is generic. Nobody wants to give him a name which later turns out to be embarrassing or accusatory or flat out wrong."

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