9/11 Anniversary Fades From The Front Pages

New York Newspapers Mostly Leave 9/11 Off Their Front Pages
A woman touches the stone with names of the 9/11 victims at the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Pedota, Pool)
A woman touches the stone with names of the 9/11 victims at the 9/11 Memorial during ceremonies marking the 12th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Chris Pedota, Pool)

New York's newspapers mostly left the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks off their front pages on Wednesday.

Besides a picture on the front of the Wall Street Journal, and a teaser on the bottom of the New York Daily News, the papers focused on two stories: Bill De Blasio's victory in the city's Democratic primary and President Obama's speech about the ongoing situation in Syria:

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New York's television stations still carried the anniversary ceremonies live, and the national morning shows all aired a moment of silence to remember the attacks. But, overall, the media seemed to be continuing a trend carried over from 2012—acknowledging the date but folding the remembrance into other news.

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