US Committee Slams New York Times’s ‘Militants’ Label for Pahalgam Attack: ‘Fixed For You’

<p data-pm-slice=”0 0 []”>The US House Foreign Affairs Committee lashed out at the coverage of Pahalgam terrorist attack by the The New York Times’ for using terms like &lsquo;gunmen&rsquo; and &lsquo;militants&rsquo; to describe the attackers. The NYT report – &ldquo;At Least 24 Tourists Gunned Down by Militants in Kashmir&rdquo;- stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi &ldquo;called the shooting, the worst against civilians in the region for years, a &lsquo;terror attack&rsquo; and vowed to bring the perpetrators to justice&rdquo;.</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”>Hey, <a href=”https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@nytimes</a> we fixed it for you. This was a TERRORIST ATTACK plain and simple.<br /><br />Whether it&rsquo;s India or Israel, when it comes to TERRORISM the NYT is removed from reality. <a href=”https://t.co/7PefEKMtdq”>pic.twitter.com/7PefEKMtdq</a></p>
&mdash; House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority (@HouseForeignGOP) <a href=”https://twitter.com/HouseForeignGOP/status/1914843415793095043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>April 23, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<p>The House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority responded to the X post, &ldquo;Hey, @nytimes we fixed it for you. This was a TERRORIST ATTACK plain and simple. Whether it&rsquo;s India or Israel, when it comes to TERRORISM the NYT is removed from reality.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The Committee shared an edited version of the headline, striking off the word &ldquo;militants&rdquo; and replacing it with &ldquo;terrorists&rdquo;. It wrote the header in bold red text.</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump also condemned the attack in Pahalgam and expressed full support to India to bring to justice the perpetrators of the attack.</p>
<p>In a post on X, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, stated, &ldquo;President Donald Trump @realDonaldTrump @POTUS called PM @narendramodi and conveyed his deepest condolences at the loss of innocent lives in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. President Trump strongly condemned the terror attack and expressed full support to India to bring to justice the perpetrators of this heinous attack. India and the United States stand together in the fight against terror.&rdquo;</p>
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