The BBC has been accused of “sanitizing the behavior of terrorists” under plans for an effective ban on its journalists using the word ‘terror’ when reporting on terrorist attacks such as the Islamist massacres at London Bridge or Manchester Arena, or the Christchurch mosque terror attack.

BBC reporters will be told to avoid using the word “terror” to describe any terror attack, unless they are quoting someone else who uses the word.

Instead, the reporters will refer to terror attacks by naming specific details, such as the location and the method of slaughter used.

Daily Mail reports: The controversial edict means that the BBC will no longer use the phrase ‘terror attack’ to describe the massacres at London Bridge or Manchester Arena, as the corporation did when the atrocities occurred.

Reporters would describe them as the London Bridge van attack or the Manchester Arena bomb attack instead.

But yesterday, MPs and…