Western media has this thing about being politically correct, (when it doesn't affect them, obviously). In a bid to appear politically correct most of the western media houses refer to Pakistani terror organizations even UN designated terror groups as militants groups, separatists, rebels etc, while having a different yardstick for the likes of Al Qaeda and ISIS which target US and their interests.
In yet another such case, The New York Times has come under heavy criticism from Indians after an analytical piece it carried about the upcoming elections in India referred to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) suicide attack on a CRPF convoy that killed over 40 paramilitary personnel as "an explosion".
"After an explosion in Kashmir and weeks of brinkmanship with Pakistan, many Indians are rallying behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi as elections approach," the caption read.
However the headline of the story read "In India¡¯s Election Season, a Bombing Interrupts Modi¡¯s Slump"
The original tweets which got a lot of heat was deleted and later another tweet was put up reading "After an explosion in Kashmir and weeks of brinkmanship with Pakistan, many Indians are rallying behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi as elections approach[corrects typo]."
Many Indian twitter users were quick to question the double standards of the newspapers.
Dear New York Times, a terrorist is a terrorist, no matter if it kills Indians or Americans.??