I’m in the US.
I haven’t discerned a pattern, by the media, in the titling of the horror currently underway.
I’ve seen Al Jazeera use both phrasings. I haven’t determined that other media sites are hardlining their terminology either, but I notice the difference as I browse.
Maybe it doesn’t mean anything, but these days people seem extra sensitive about names.
“terrorist” is loaded language, not objective.
It’s an objective fact that Hamas are a terrorist organization. They’re classified as that the world over.
What you’re saying is like “murderer is loaded language” when someone calls someone that intentionally killed someone a murderer.
that classification is made by political organizations. it’s no more objective than national borders.