Daily Kos member, Christian Dem in NC:
Olympic opening ceremony included a tribute to all victims of terror–specifically the victims of the bombings that took place in London on July 7, 2005–the day the Olympics were awarded to London. But if you watched it on NBC, you didn’t get a chance to see it. Instead, you got treated to a Ryan Seacrest interview with Michael Phelps.
So why would NBC decide against airing a tribute to terror victims in favor of a Ryan Seacrest interview? NBC spokesman Greg Hughes:
… our programming is tailored for the U.S. audience.
Thus implying that a United States audience isn’t interested in such a tribute. I am left wondering exactly how out of touch NBC executives must be to reach such a misguided conclusion. How they could think that we – a country that saw the World Trade Centers attacked in 1993, the Murrah building blown up in 1995, the Columbine tragedy and numerous other gun attacks, and the Towers again attacked and destroyed in 2001 - would rather watch an empty interview over an opportunity to remember those people around the globe who have suffered at the hands of terror is beyond reason.
This decision can only be described as disgusting and insulting. #NBCFail indeed.