Recently, a prestigious American newspaper, New York Times (NYT), in its article on the terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, called the attackers ‘militants, for which the US parliamentary committee has now reprimanded the newspaper. The committee has said that by using the word ‘militant’ for terrorists, the New York Times has, in a way, turned away from the truth, and it is like underestimating terrorism.
According to sources, the American newspaper ‘The New York Times’ published a report on April 22 with the title ‘At least 24 tourists shot dead by militants in Kashmir.’ The word militant was used instead of terrorist in the report’s title. The US House of Representatives’ Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs (‘House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority’) objected.
The committee shared the screenshot of the title of this report and wrote, ‘Hey, New York Times, we have corrected your mistake for you. This was a direct and clear terrorist attack. Whether it is about India or Israel, when it comes to terrorism, The New York Times is out of touch with reality.
Organizations like The New York Times are expected to report objectively and sensitively. Terror should be called terror – that is the truth and that is justice. The NYT’s choice of reporting has been widely criticized. The NYT has used the word extremist instead of terrorist throughout its report.
US President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday to express his condolences and offer full support in bringing the perpetrators to justice. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack in a social media post, calling it a ‘terrorist attack,’ and said that ‘those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice.’
“President Trump strongly condemned the terrorist attack and expressed full support to India in bringing the perpetrators of this heinous attack to justice. India and the United States stand together in the fight against terrorism,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in a post on Twitter.
