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Let me tell you something that bothers me: Brian Thompson's death was not a murder, it is an assassination (do not accept the media terms) (hexbear.net)

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Murder makes the intent sound more petty; less important, more personal, and less political than it really is

Assassination indicates political intent and societal effect, and even a sketchy history of skeletons behind the assassinated that led to this

But the cultural hegemonic capitalist lib and con media don't wanna hear anything about such history.

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[–] dsilverz 9 points 1 week ago

Isn't "homicídio" more like a broad term which includes unintentional deaths (which we'd call as "homicídio culposo")?

Both of the terms "murder" and "assassination" imply intention, with the intention behind an "assassination" being a political/ideological one rather than the intention behind a "murder" (which would be more personally-oriented intentional homicide).

My question is because I can't remember of a Portuguese term that carries a political/ideological sense when referring someone killing another. Portuguese-speaking media outlets here in Brazil often use "morte" e "assassinato" interchangeably, even though "morte" is an even-broader term referring to "death".

Perhaps the Brazilian media lacks an equivalent word, too. "Globo" (one of the major media outlets here), for example, is using the term "assassinato":

Screenshot from a Brazilian news headline at Globo

Even UOL, another major media outlet which is said to be more left-leaning, is also using the term "assassinato":

Screenshot from another Brazilian news headline at UOL

So, as the OP said, these headlines, especially in Portuguese, "makes it sound unwarranted".