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After criticism, CBC changes policy that said not to label 9/11 attacks 'terrorism'
CBC will now allow 9/11 to be called terrorism without attribution after criticism from U.S. and Canadian officials and a public backlash.
- On Friday, CBC/Radio-Canada announced a policy change allowing journalists to describe the Sept. 11 attacks as "terrorism" without requiring direct attribution, senior director Basem Boshra said in a blog post.
- Earlier this week, Toronto Sun columnist Warren Kinsella reported on an internal memo instructing staff not to refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as "terrorist attacks," prompting backlash from political officials.
- FBI Director Kash Patel warned that agencies failing to reject this "bastardization of history" would "no longer have friend in this FBI," while U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra added the stance "significantly endangers" security partnerships.
- Editor-in-Chief Brodie Fenlon previously noted that CBC's neutral language policy mirrored practices at organizations like the BBC and Reuters to avoid "loaded with meaning, politics and emotion" terminology that could impede journalism.
- Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree stated the government "has always recognized 9/11 as the deadliest terrorist attack in history," while Culture Minister Marc Miller called the original guidance a "welcome change" to "pedantic and foolish" direction.
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This controversy arose from the publication by the media of a message exchanged internally at CBC, where a notice was given not to use the word "terrorism" to qualify 11-September.
·Paris, France
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The Minister of Culture welcomed this initiative, calling it "welcome change".
·Montreal, Canada
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Canadian broadcaster reverses policy barring use of ‘terrorist attack’ label for 9/11
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reversed its controversial instruction to journalists against calling the September 11 attacks terrorism following intense criticism from U.S. officials and Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre.
·Washington, United States
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After criticism, Canada's CBC changes policy that said not to label 9/11 attacks 'terrorism'
Canada’s public broadcaster is making an exception to its policy of not labeling specific attacks as terrorism for the 9/11 attacks after coming under fire over a memo restating it.
·New York, United States
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Total News Sources14
Leaning Left3Leaning Right2Center6Last UpdatedBias Distribution55% Center
Bias Distribution
- 55% of the sources are Center
55% Center
L 27%
C 55%
R 18%
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