CBC made the change after it was criticized by Canadian and U.S. officials.
The CBC has reversed its policy that prohibited reporters from referring to 9/11 as “terrorism” without direct attribution.
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CBC made the change after it was criticized by Canadian and U.S. officials, including the U.S. ambassador to Canada and the FBI director.
In a blog post on Friday, Basem Boshra, CBC’s senior director of journalistic standards and public trust, wrote that a leaked memo about the policy “has caused significant concern, anger and hurt for many people who believe CBC News seeks to minimize or obscure the horror of that day and who was behind it.”
“That is the last thing we want to do,” said Boshra, who is the senior director of journalistic standards and public trust of CBC News.
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