The Washington Post changed a headline on the death of Islamic State terrorist leader Al-Baghdadi obituary to be less offensive.
The original headline that The Post had was “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State’s ‘terrorist in chief’ dies at 48,” which is accurate.
But then, this man responsible for the murders of scores of people, including many Muslims, was named a “religious scholar.”
The new headline from The Post read “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State dies at 48.”
It changed it yet a third time, after outrage from many, to “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48.”
Apparently the word “terrorist” was too strong of a world for a man who indiscriminately murdered anyone is his path.
The anger and outrage came swift and quick for The Post for their ridiculous changing of the story’s headline.
“They had it right the first time. The Washington Post changed the headline on its Al-Baghdadi obituary from ‘Islamic State’s terrorist-in-Chief’ to ‘austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State,” Huffington post reporter Yashar Ali said.
They had it right the first time.
The Washington Post changed the headline on its Al-Baghdadi obituary from “Islamic State’s terrorist-in-Chief” to “austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State.” pic.twitter.com/cs243EVz7W
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 27, 2019
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— Mark Giubilato Jr. (@giubilato_43) October 27, 2019
I have no words. https://t.co/4zH9Ji0Smy
— Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) October 27, 2019
Washington Post referes to the head ISIS terrorist as a “religious scholar”.These people are sick. Their hatred for America is so deep & so wide its remarkable https://t.co/uAC6qyzyCV
— Melissa A. (@TheRightMelissa) October 27, 2019
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— Walter Russell Mead (@wrmead) October 27, 2019
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— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 27, 2019
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— LegallyBae (@legallybae) October 27, 2019
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— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 27, 2019
The outrage against Washington Post is global. They made a pure evil man like Baghdadi portrayed as a religious man who always had “religious book tied at the back of his bike”.Read the thread #WapoDeathNotices to see how people are outraging against WaPohttps://t.co/Ibq0nGBDAG
— Sᴏᴜᴍʏᴀᴅɪᴘᴛᴀ (@Soumyadipta) October 27, 2019
#wapodeathnotices Goundbreaking supporter of Animal rights and patron of the Arts Caligula dies assassinated at 28.
— Ross O’Connor (@atomicblackbird) October 27, 2019
With fawning headlines like this about a serial rapist and murderer, is it any wonder that so many people now believe that the mainstream media is full of shit? They’re literally doing PR for a terrorist scumbag. Screw you Wa Po! pic.twitter.com/U8EXIYlScM
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 27, 2019