London, May 10 -- Jonathan Spyer, Director of Research at Middle East Forum, condemned the coverage of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack by the Western media.

Spyer, in conversation with ANI, said that when Western civilians or countries are targeted by terror outfits, the media brands them as 'terrorists', but that is not the case with non-Western countries.

"It is unfortunate regarding Western coverage that when terrorist organisations, including Islamist organisations, target Western targets and Western civilians, then there's no shyness about describing them as terrorists. But when they're targeting non-Western populations, then the desire for objectivity, so-called neutrality and seeing the views of both sides suddenly comes onto...