Exactly! Apparently, the only place they did not have bruises was on their buttocks, where a “spanking” would be applied.
The headline writer and reporter are clearly trying to lump spanking in with child abuse (which is what happened here), in order to discredit spanking.
It is similar to the way the MSM refers to illegal aliens who invade our country, break our laws and wreak havoc on our communities as immigrants or laborers.
What next, calling crack, meth and heroin dealers, “pharmacists”?
You got it perfectly right.