Exclusive: Emails Reveal Al Jazeera Banned Terms "Terrorists", "Jihad", More
Internal Emails Show Al Jazeera English Banning Use of Terms 'Terrorist,' 'Militant,' 'Islamist' By Brendan Bordelon Shortly after news broke of a deadly January 27 attack by Islamic terrorists on a hotel in Libya's capital, Al Jazeera English executive Carlos van Meek shot out an email to his employees. "All: We manage our words carefully around here," the network's head of output wrote to staff at the Doha-based news channel's New York and Washington, D.C. newsrooms. "So I'd like to bring to your attention some key words that have a tendency of tripping us up." In an email obtained by National Review Online, van Meek warned the network's journalists against the use of terms including "terrorist," "militant," "Islamist" and "jihad." Click here for full story.
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