Heard this today on talk radio...

Basically, Reuters (read: liberal media machine) has implemented a policy to not offend the Terrorists with emotive words in their headlines and bylines like terrorism and terrorists.

Our editorial policy is that we don't use emotive words when labeling someone
I also heard (though haven't personally confirmed this) that the majority owner is Arabic. If so, that would certainly be interesting.

Here is the full article.

Pretty much the same article here.