Inside Al Jazeera’s Type Information, Which Forbids Reporters From Calling ISIS a ‘Terrorist’ Group

Al Jazeera prohibits its employees from referring to al Qaeda, ISIS, and Boko Haram as “terrorist,” “Islamist,” or “extremist” teams, as an alternative requiring reporters to make use of “impartial phrases” like “fighters” and “armed teams,” based on a duplicate of the outlet’s fashion information obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.