‘In his statement describing the Paris attacks as an “act of war” against France, President François Hollande said the war “was waged by a terrorist army, a jihadist army, by Daesh, against France.” John Kerry also referred to Daesh in Vienna at an international conference on Syria. This is not a term most Americans are familiar with, but it’s part of a larger dispute — largely between western governments and western media outlets — over how to refer to the group we call ISIS. One that puts the strategic agenda of governments against the goals of clear communication…’
Source: Vox