Cable News Network (CNN) has issued an apology on Thursday, for the use of quotes around the word terrorists, when it posted the story about a brutal attack in Israel that left four dead.
The network had posted on its Twitter account: “‘Two terrorists’ captured after Tel Aviv attack, Israeli policeman spokesman tweets.”
The CNN tweet was taken down Thursday morning and the network issued an apology tweet of sorts.
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 9, 2016
Meanwhile, Examiner.com also questioned CNN’s decision to initially put quote marks around the word terrorism.
“Why is the word terrorists in euphemistic quotes?” the website asked. “The act of deadly aggression certainly had all the earmarks of terrorism. The gunmen were dressed like Hasidic Jews and insinuated themselves among the other diners before rising from their table and opening fire.”
