Why does anyone in the media keep insisting there is no provision designating domestic terrorist. It seem especially hypocritical when they drop the statute right after saying it.

There is no legal provision for a domestically based terrorist organization. Section 2331(5)(a) of Title 18 defines “domestic terrorism” as criminal acts taking place with the U.S. that appear intended to 1) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; 2) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or 3) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping.