| Who is blamed for the incident by news story | |||||
| Name of the Publication | Blame/Victimization | Total | |||
| No Blame | Xinjiang Muslims Blamed | China Government | Global Terrorism | ||
| Asia News Monitor | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| China Daily | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| New York Times | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Wall Street Journal | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Total | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 |