Seven Little Words: CDC gets list of forbidden words

I'm a bit confused by this whole thing now, as the Dept of Health and Human Services has vehemently denied proscribing the use of any words. I don't know if they're splitting hairs over the use of the word "banned" in the headlines of some articles when their official statement may not have used that specific word.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...c-projects-disputed-terms-on-trumps-d-c-hotel

The director of the CDC, Brenda Fitzgerald, vociferously denied the characterization of the words as "banned," saying in a statement "there are no banned, prohibited or forbidden words at the CDC — period."

But Fitzgerald did not deny that some staff may have been instructed to avoid certain language in key budget documents.

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Of course, dancing around the differences between the meaning of the word "banned" versus "instructed to avoid certain language" is another issue related to word use affecting how people see things.