When a Dictator is Called President

The recent demonstrations against Mubarak in Egypt remind of a post that I wrote a long, long time ago (that is to say six years ago):

It is amazing that the press, when referring to the dictator of Egypt, calls him "President Mubarak." Even Arutz 7, which is an island of sanity among the sea of Israel's LLL* media, refers to Dictator Hosni as "Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak." It is really pathetic to hear "President Bush" and "President Mubarak" mentioned in the same breath. The former is a president, while the latter is a dictator!

* LLL = Loony Liberal Leftist

See also what the crew at the Muqata has to say about this.