CBC Reverses 9/11 Terminology Rule After 1 Week of U.S.-Canada Backlash

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 31

CBC said Friday it changed its guidance so journalists no longer need attribution to describe the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorism, reversing an internal rule exposed a day earlier.
Basem Boshra’s original memo had told staff, “Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks,” reflecting CBC’s longstanding caution around terms it has called politically and emotionally loaded.
Cross-border criticism drove the reversal: Canadian ministers Marc Miller and Gary Anandasangaree, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, and U.S. Republicans, FBI Director Kash Patel and Ambassador Pete Hoekstra all condemned the policy.
The backlash has not fully subsided, with New York figures including Vickie Paladino and former Gov. George Pataki saying the original guidance sanitized the deadliest terrorist attack in history ahead of its 25th anniversary next month.