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Avi Benlolo: CBC's editorial choices around Islamic terror need to be investigated

Our national broadcaster's choices have led the U.S. to question whether it can trust us

Did CBC attempt to distort the memory of 9/11? Should the incident be overlooked or brushed aside? Canada’s leading publicly funded news agency owes us an explanation for first, issuing a directive to its journalists: “do not refer to the Sept 11 attacks as terrorist attacks.” Then, after intense criticism, CBC dropped its requirement of “attribution” when describing 9/11 as terrorism.

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All went silent in Canadian media after CBC’s reversal. But for those of us who clearly remember the impact of 9/11 on our way of life and the ensuing “war on terror,” 9/11 deserves historical truth — not softened or whitewashed by bureaucratically sanitized language. Islamic terrorism was responsible for the murders of 26 Canadians and nearly 3,000 innocent people on that tragic day in 2001.

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