US House Republicans Call Out NYT Over Pahalgam Coverage: ‘Terrorist Attack Plain And Simple’

The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized The New York Times for not calling the April 22 attack in Jammu and Kashmir as terrorism.

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House Republicans edited an image of the headline of the New York Times report on the Pahalgam terror attack and posted it on social media. (IMAGE: X)

The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday issued a sharp rebuke to The New York Times for its coverage of the April 22 terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

The tweet read: ‘Hey, @nytimes, we fixed it for you. This was a TERRORIST ATTACK, plain and simple.’ The committee’s statement follows growing concerns that several mainstream media outlets in the US and UK, including The New York Times, are failing to explicitly label such incidents as acts of terrorism.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Majority refers to the group of members from the majority party (currently the Republican Party in the US House of Representatives) who sit on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

This committee is responsible for overseeing the United States’ foreign policy and issues related to Diplomatic relations, foreign aid, treaties and international agreements, national security as it pertains to foreign policy and oversight of the US State Department and related agencies.

Several US leaders, including US President Donald Trump and US Vice President JD Vance (who was in India during the time of the attack), extended support and stood by the victims of the attack.

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On Thursday, the US under secretary for defence Elbridge Colby extended support to India following the attack. “We extend our support to our great ally India in the face of this recent brutal terrorist attack. India is a model ally that takes its own defense with utmost seriousness. We stand with them in this dark hour," Colby said in a tweet.

Trump assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a phone call that the US stands with India at this hour and extends full support. Vance had also called PM Modi. The Prime Minister also received phone calls from French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Egypt’s Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

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New York, United States of America (USA)

First Published:
April 24, 2025, 23:49 IST