A pair of Conservative MPs will try to compel a CBC executive and a journalism standards director to appear before a House of Commons committee to defend the company’s language guide — which discourages the use of the words “terrorism” and “terrorists” when describing attacks and their perpetrators.

  • bbbhltz@beehaw.org
    21·
    9 months ago

    “It is worth remembering that the independence of CBC/Radio-Canada’s journalism from the government and Parliament is protected in law, in the Broadcasting Act,” Mar said.

    Sure, there have been a few incidents proving the contrary.

    Lantsman said the CBC doesn’t have “journalistic integrity” because “if you can’t call people who murder the elderly, kidnap children, rape women and kill entire families terrorists, then I don’t think it’s worth funding.”

    If you force them to change their language rules, is that giving them more integrity.

    This isn’t their first rodeo over this question…

    https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/ombudsman/reviews/use-of-the-word-terrorist

    • Kichae@lemmy.ca
      4·
      9 months ago

      Also, by those standards, they’d have to call the CPC’s base - and likely some oft heir MPs - terrorists, and I doubt they’ll like that.