New York Observer
"CBS Evening News" executive producer
Rome Hartman on NBC's use of "civil war":
"To be honest with you, I think it's a political statement, not a news judgment. We deal with the events of the day, and we decide the best way to describe those events based on the news of the day." He tells
Rebecca Dana: "It should be noted that the day that this pronouncement -- and who makes pronouncements anyway? But that’s what it sounded like -- was a quiet day, relatively speaking, in Iraq."
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Page: "In my view, NBC showed a keen grasp of the obvious" (Trib)
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Miami Herald, Boston Globe, others still debating use of term (MH)
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Clark: Journalists should avoid widespread use of the term (Poynter)
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McLeary: Journos didn't have to make such a big deal about this (CJRD)
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Kurtz: There's nothing civil about this debate over "civil war" (WP)
