The Washington Post published an article entitled ‘Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48’ before changing it to ‘Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, extremist leader of Islamic State, dies at 48’ following a massive backlash from social media users. The article was first published under a headline that referred to al-Baghdadi as the ‘Islamic State's ‘terrorist-in-chief.’’ It was unclear why or who decided to change ...