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Exclusive: Emails Reveal Al Jazeera Banned Terms "Terrorists", "Jihad", More

January 27, 2015

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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."

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Exclusive: Emails Reveal Al Jazeera Banned Terms "Terrorists", "Jihad", More

Exclusive: Emails Reveal Al Jazeera Banned Terms "Terrorists", "Jihad", More

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