CBC ends mandate to cite sources when calling 9/11 terrorism
Canada’s CBC News will no longer require its journalists to attribute characterization of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as terrorism to outside sources, revising internal guidance after a leaked excerpt sparked public backlash.“After reviewing our current language guidance, we have decided to adjust it to clarify that direct attribution is not required for describing the historic events of 9/11 as terrorism,” Basem Boshra, the broadcaster’s senior director of journalistic standards and public trust, wrote in a Friday blog post.“We are doing so to remove what has unfortunately (and unintentionally) become an impediment to clarity and public understanding,” Boshra continued.CBC said its broader policy of attributing claims about the causes and motivations of politically or ideologically motivated violence to officials and experts remains in place.The leaked guidance, first reported by Canadian media days before the 25th anniversary of the attacks, instructed CBC News staff not to refer to Sept. 11 as…
CBC News in Canada has revised its editorial guidelines, no longer requiring journalists to attribute the characterization of the September 11, 2001, attacks as terrorism to external sources. This change follows public backlash over a leaked internal memo that had instructed staff not to refer to 9/11 as "terrorist attacks." Basem Boshra, CBC's senior director of journalistic standards, stated, "direct attribution is not required for describing the historic events of 9/11 as terrorism" to improve clarity. The broadcaster clarified that its broader policy of attributing claims about politically motivated violence to officials and experts remains in effect, and it has never disputed that the attacks were terrorism.
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