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CBC releases policy change after controversy about refusing to refer to 9/11 as ‘terrorist attacks’
Friday, August 28, 2026
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation released a policy memo instructing journalists to avoid the term "terrorist attack" when referring to the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to reporting on the memo. The directive became public before the anniversary of the attacks. The CBC subsequently clarified its editorial standards on the matter.
