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CBC Reverses Policy on 911 Terrorism Label | US News
CBC reverses course on how it labels the 9/11 attacks, dropping a controversial internal memo that instructed reporters to avoid calling them “terrorist attacks.” The policy, meant to focus on facts like planes crashing and buildings falling, sparked public outrage for seeming to downplay the event’s horror and perpetrators. CBC now says the memo was misinterpreted — they never claimed 9/11 wasn’t terrorism — and will now explicitly call it terrorism without needing direct attribution, aiming for clearer public communication while still requiring attribution for other acts of violence. Listen…
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