A response can be an attack. Just like the US response to Iraq after 9/11 Whether you agree with the response or not, it doesn't change what it was. Also, Reuters is reporting on what the Pakistani state dept said. They aren't telling you what happened, just reporting with fact checks.
The problem I had with Reuters is the lack of context. I'm all for calling a spade a spade. They conveniently missed out the first part of it, viz a viz the murder of 26 tourists point blank in Pahalgam, Kashmir. People who are just finding out about India-Pak may be misled.
That's a kind of fair point, but I don't think anyone in the world doesn't know about the recent terrorism. Let me try to be nice but probably patronise you instead. I understand you're probably pretty angry right now about the terror attack. But orgs like Reuters are vital at the moment.
Press freedom and accurate reporting is important. I have called out the Indian press as well when they misreport or exaggerate. It doesn't help anybody to be hyper nationalistic. Reuters has a past of misreporting India-Pakistan conflicts and issues and they're doing it yet again.
Look at how much misinformation is floating from Pakistan news channels as well. They've constantly shown old videos and pictures from unrelated incidents and are trying to show an "upper hand" in this situation and acting as victims.
India did not want this in the first place because frankly, we have more to lose than a country that is in economic and political shambles ever since its independence and partition from India.
Conveniently missing details, or just not highlighting it in the headlines when we know that most people rarely ever open the link to read further is ethically shady IMO. It's lying by omission.
Anyone that gets their information from a headline is not someone interested in context. You can't reach them. Hell, the headline doesn't even direct their thoughts, they look for words to get angry about.
You are right. However, there's a reason Instagram reels are so popular. Almost everybody loves instant gratification, confirmation bias and a sense of belonging. Many people rarely click through the links to go through the entire thing.
That's a society problem, not a Reuters or news media problem Reuters can't put all context into a headline I understand your frustration, but you're misdirecting it. There are only a handful of decent, genuine and trustworthy news sources. They should be scrutinised, but only when they've erred
I may have a little extra frustration with this headline because I feel that it's unfair but it's definitely not misdirected. For a responsible news outlet, I think it shouldn't be that difficult to write-"After the recent Pahalgam attacks, India retaliated against terrorists in/attacked Pakistan.."