“Civil War:” NBC Decided “Over The Weekend?”

NBC News “reached out to a variety of experts, including military experts, historians and people on the ground in Iraq, and they unanimously agreed it was an appropriate label,” spokesperson Allison Gollust tells Variety.

On the Daily Nightly, Brian Williams said the decision came after “much consultation over the weekend with our colleagues, fellow journalists, historians, analysts and members of the military, both present and former.”

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