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Matt Lauer says the network decided to use civil war after "careful consideration." He explains: "We should mention we didn't just wake up on a Monday morning and say 'let's call this a civil war.' This took careful deliberation. We consulted with a lot of people." The White House objects to NBC's description of what's going on in Iraq. || LAT is
calling it a civil war. || Related from
Dan Froomkin.
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Rieder: It's about time US news orgs started calling it a civil war (AJR)