Washington Post backlashes for its headline on Baghdadi obituary; check hilarious memes
The Washington Post faced criticism for its obituary headline on ISIS leader Abu Bak al-Baghdadi. A controversy has been sparked on the social media platform, several debates have triggered.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced that Baghdadi was killed in a military strike in Syria.
The man ran a slave state, committed genocide and ethnic cleansing, used rape and enslavement of women as a policy of state, butchered homosexuals, murdered children for listening to music.
— Marcus Walker (@WalkerMarcus) October 27, 2019
“Austere religious scholar.”@washingtonpost: this is sick. pic.twitter.com/GGMiSsykvr
USA's prominent publication has first called the ISIS leader as the group’s terrorist-in-chief, and then edited it to call him an “austere religious scholar.”
WP wrote in its first headline was “ Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State's terrorist-in-chief, dies at 48” and later, changed to "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, an austere religious scholar at the helm of Islamic State, dies at 48."
This header to the story received worldwide criticism from the readers of publication and also netizens equally trolled the Washington Post because Baghdadi was not only a serial rapist and murderer but he had also committed genocide.
After getting negative comments, WP changed its headline once again to “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48." Alas! The controversial headline was already spread with screenshots as proof on the social media platform.
The notorious netizens also created several hilarious memes on the post and brutally trolled the publication.
Besides, hashtag #WaPoDeathNotices also started trending online.
Check out the best memes created on Twitter:
Alas! The controversial headline was already spread with screenshots as proof on the social media platform.
The notorious netizens also created several hilarious memes on the post and brutally trolled the publication.
Besides, hashtag #WaPoDeathNotices also started trending online.
Check out the best memes created on Twitter:
Satan, unorthodox faith leader known for pushing back against famous wine maker Jesus, dies at 14 billion.#WaPoDeathNotices
— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) October 28, 2019
Darth Vader, disabled single father of two, passes away. #WaPoDeathNotices pic.twitter.com/MehfEF047p
— Christopher Jacobs (@cmjacobs76) October 28, 2019
John Wilkes Booth a noted Thespian, American actor and member of a prominent theatrical family dead at 26. #WaPoDeathNotices pic.twitter.com/2DyzE9OWa5
— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) October 28, 2019
"Hans Gruber, German businessman and trader of bearer bonds, dies at 40" #WaPoDeathNotices pic.twitter.com/mhW2pVXDZA
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 27, 2019
"Thanos, a passionate advocate of population controls to save Earth, dies at over 1,000 years" #WaPoDeathNotices pic.twitter.com/16lvv8hery
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 27, 2019
Voldemort, austere wizard who overcame a severe facial deformity to achieve dark lordship, dead at 71 #WaPoDeathNotices
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 27, 2019
First published: 28 October 2019, 18:27 ISTOsama bin Laden, father of 23, killed in home invasion #WaPoDeathNotices
— Joe DeVito (@JoeDeVitoComedy) October 27, 2019
