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CBS Airs We Remember at 8 p.m.

TL;DR

CBS files We Remember at 8 p.m. on the 25th anniversary; a primetime hour is not a second CIA dump.

MSM Perspective

CBS filed the special. The dump is the adjoining lead. Keep them separate.

X Perspective

Feeds treat a memorial telecast as a new intelligence finding.

CBS aired We Remember at 8 p.m. Friday for the 25th anniversary. [1] This paper printed the CIA's 71 briefs as the day's records file. A primetime hour is not a second dump. Print the special. Do not reprint Langley.

Live memorial coverage and a declassified carton can share a date. They are not the same story. We Remember is a network hour. The PDBs are an agency release. Keep them in adjoining pages.

Friday recap that treats the special as a new finding is a rerun, not news. Print 8 p.m. Leave a second airing to the edition that owns a second airing.

Saturday can recap; Friday prints the hour.
The dump already has its lead on this desk.
-- SAMUEL CRANE, Washington

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