The United States government has criticized the prominent news outlet The New York Times (NYT) for a report it published regarding the attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
NDTV reported that The New York Times referred to the Kashmir attack as a "militant attack." This is despite the report mentioning in its introduction that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the "shooting" incident as a "terrorist attack."
The New York Times' headline read: "Gunmen Kill at Least 24 Tourists in Kashmir."
The US government's House Foreign Affairs Committee publicly protested against The New York Times' news report on social media, describing it as "detached from reality."
The US government stated, "This was a terrorist attack. Whether it's India or Israel, The New York Times has drifted from reality when it comes to terrorism."
The post on X (formerly Twitter) also shared a "corrected" image of The New York Times' headline, which read, "Hey NYT, we fixed it for you."
It is worth noting that militancy typically refers to an armed rebellion from within a state to achieve political or social outcomes.
On the other hand, terrorism has an external context, where the planned use of violence creates an atmosphere of fear to wage an asymmetric war against a foreign nation and destabilize the region for broader objectives.
