CBC reverses course, will call 9/11 attacks terrorism without attribution
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is making an exception to a longstanding editorial rule that barred its journalists from independently labeling the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as terrorism, reversing itself Friday after a leaked internal memo touched off a political firestorm on both sides of the border.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has reversed a long-standing editorial rule. Journalists will now be permitted to independently label the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as terrorism. This change follows a leaked internal memo that created a political uproar.
- CBC will now allow journalists to label the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as terrorism.
- This reverses a longstanding editorial rule.
- A leaked internal memo sparked a political controversy.
- The controversy occurred on both sides of the border.
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