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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.

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[–] kent_eh 9 points 2 years 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.