NYT Faces Backlash for Calling Flydubai Stabbing an Altercation, Clarifies

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The New York Times called the violent attempted terror attack aboard a flydubai flight to Israel a mere "altercation" between the pilot and co-pilot.

Mostly Peaceful Hijacking? NYT Backpedals After Headline on Attempted Hijacking Sounds Like Workplace Spat

You can understand media reticence in declaring an incident a terrorist act of hijacking in the chaos that follows any sort of major event of that sort. That being said, […]

Flydubai Horror: Why media calls it an ‘Altercation’? Pilot stabbed

NEW DELHI: The FlyDubai FZ1073 incident raises a difficult question for the media: when does caution become euphemism, and does the standard of caution remain the same when the alleged attacker is a Muslim? What happened aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 on September 30 was not an ordinary cockpit disagreement. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 people aboard when a violent confrontation erupted in the cockpit. The aircr…

NY Times gets roasted for calling cockpit stabbing an ‘altercation’ — then its PR team makes it worse

BS BULLETIN: A Flydubai flight headed to Tel Aviv was diverted after a co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain and attempted to take control of the aircraft; passengers and crew helped subdue the attacker. The New York Times initially described what happened on social media as an “altercation between the pilot and co-pilot.” After critics pounced, the Times defended itself by declaring: “Unlike activists and partisans, we don’t publish speculatio…

Media outlets face backlash over early framing of Flydubai hijacking attempt

Apparent attempt to hijack flight to Tel Aviv and crash the plane was described as a "brawl" or "altercation" by some media outlets, drawing sharp criticism online.

NYT faces backlash for calling flydubai stabbing an altercation, clarifies

The New York Times described the cockpit attack on the Dubai-Tel Aviv flydubai flight as an altercation and later defended that wording. The framing drew backlash online as more serious allegations about the co-pilot emerged.