Editor in chief Brodie Fenlon responds to complaints to CBC News regarding the use of the words “terrorist” and “terrorism” in coverage following the attacks by Hamas in southern Israel.

  • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Surely there are objective examples that require no attribution though. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center is a good example

    The author addressed that specific incident in his message.

    Their policy is to only use the word “terrorist/terrorism” when quoting someone.

    Just like other serious journalism outlets do.