NYT hit for headline calling Ayatollah Khamenei ‘hard-line cleric’ who made Iran a regional power
The New York Times was called out on social media over its headline about the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday.
The New York Times’ headline about Khamenei’s death read, “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hard-Line Cleric Who Made Iran a Regional Power, Is Dead at 86.” The Times also described the supreme leader as “avuncular and magnanimous” in its obituary.
“With his spectacles, Palestinian kaffiyeh, long robes and silver beard, Ayatollah Khamenei cast himself as a religious scholar as well as a writer and translator of works on Islam. He affected an avuncular and magnanimous aloofness, running the country from a perch above the jousting of daily politics,” the NYT’s obituary read.
The piece was met with pushback on social media from politicians and pundits.
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, reacted and offered up his own version of the headline.
“NYT got the headline wrong. Let me help: Radical Islamic terrorist who murdered thousands of Americans got what he deserved,” Sheehy wrote.
Others reacted to the New York Times’ headline by pointing out Khamenei was responsible for the murder of thousands. The Times’ obituary includes reporting on his regime ordering the death of protesters speaking out against the government in January, as well as in 2022.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Hanna Panreck.
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