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Conservative MPs want to bring CBC executives before Commons committee over 'terrorism' language policy | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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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.

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When your voter base is used to the Toronto Sun, with a page-one dominated by headlines like "TEEN KILLED BY PERV TOT!" in 72-point bold type (followed by the obligatory T&A on page three), it makes standards seem like "bias".

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