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.
Regardless of their post history, they’re not wrong here. One man’s freedom fighter is another’s terrorist.
Edit: I thought this article was fascinating about that quote and why I agree with the claimed troll here https://www.cbc.ca/news2/indepth/words/terrorists.html
Right, freedom fighters commit mass slaughter of civilians. /s
Used to happen all the time between indigenous people and colonizers/settlers in North America