CBC Revises Guidance Allowing Reporters to Label 9/11 Attacks as Terrorism

CBC, Citing ‘Confusion,’ Reverses Policy On Calling 9/11 ‘Terrorism’

After widespread reporting—and criticsm—of the network's policy around use of the words "terror" and "terrorism," the Canadian public broadcaster has changed its rules.

By Mark Joyella, Senior Contributor

CBC allows reporters to describe 9/11 attacks as terrorism without attribution after backlash

As previously reported by The Jerusalem Post on Thursday, the CBC circulated a memo last week to reporters and editors instructing them not to refer to the attacks as “terrorist attacks.”