This paper uses the framing theory to assess the media coverage of terrorism. A score of factors are determinants of the nature of the coverage notably the communicator's background, media institution policies, social and cultural frameworks, and the recipient's environment, among others. Media coverage of extremism and terrorism is not innocent; it is a complex interplay of professional, ideological, social, and cultural mechanisms that must be well understood to comprehend how media shapes our understanding of reality.The framings come to be institutionalized in the form of anti-terror policies and practices. As an example, the War on Terrorism slogan and the accompanying Orientalist imagery of the Muslim terrorist, was integral to lending legitimacy to international military action. Through the framing theory, this paper explained the mechanisms governing the production of media content during the coverage of terrorist acts. There are several factors determining how communicators, media institutions, environment, and culture perceive what constitutes terrorism and what does not, the extent of the issue, and the focus required in addressing the terrorist act. To illustrate the mechanisms of framing terrorist news, the researcher used case studies such as the attack on the French magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo', the war on Gaza, the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in the US, the September 11, 1973, coup in Chile, and the phenomenon of Islamophobia. By examining the coverage of incidents like Charlie Hebdo, Chapel Hill, the wars in Gaza, September 11, 2001, and September 11, 1973, in Chile, as well as the phenomenon of Islamophobia different frames were used by the news organizations.