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In the discussion thread: NBC: We skipped terror tribute because it wasn't "tailored for the U.S. audience" [View all]

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 02:34 PM

MADem (85,926 posts)

46. The IOC refused to include the 40th Anniversary of Munich in the Opening Ceremonies.

Wouldn't that have been appropriate to include, as well...if we're going to have a maudlin interlude in the middle of "pandemonium?"

The ONLY reason 7/7 was included in the ceremonies is because it happened the day after London was chosen as the Olympic city. That was the connection to the Olympics. And of course, the first terror attack on the Olympics happened forty years ago in Munich.

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92 replies	Author	Time	Post
NBC: We skipped terror tribute because it wasn't "tailored for the U.S. audience" [View all]	mfcorey1	Jul 2012	OP
well, that's a pathetic excuse	fishwax	Jul 2012	#1
I guess we could've learned something and shouldn't learn it?	SharonAnn	Jul 2012	#21
What? Not enough commercials?	Fridays Child	Jul 2012	#2
We Removed 3 chapters of 1984 because	Ichingcarpenter	Jul 2012	#3
Pathetic. This is the Olympics, a worldwide event.	avebury	Jul 2012	#4
LOL	laundry_queen	Jul 2012	#61
They treat people here like babies, it's so insulting. nt	Raine	Jul 2012	#5
It was not a tribute to victims of "all terror," though--it was a 7/7 tribute.	MADem	Jul 2012	#6
And?	Spider Jerusalem	Jul 2012	#27
And the BBC, could, and would, deliver a hearty fuck us if they so desired.	MADem	Jul 2012	#41
I could sing it.	grasswire	Jul 2012	#53
You are one of the few. nt	MADem	Jul 2012	#67
I've heard Abide With Me at funerals	xmas74	Jul 2012	#58
I'm an adult American who sat through the rapper...	WorseBeforeBetter	Jul 2012	#65
Get a job as a corporate exec at NBC, and you can make those decisions.	MADem	Jul 2012	#66
Thanks for the unsolicited career advice, but I'm set.	WorseBeforeBetter	Jul 2012	#71
Plenty of Americans went to see the movie.	MADem	Jul 2012	#76
If they did, their loss--it's a wonderful film.	WorseBeforeBetter	Jul 2012	#85
And we should treat US Audiences like children	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#30
??? Who's treating you (don't pull me into that BS) like a child?	MADem	Jul 2012	#37
Steve Martin in The Jerk: "So it's a profit deal?!!"	byeya	Jul 2012	#40
Indeed, why I am watching bbc	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#47
What's with the childish USA shit?	MADem	Jul 2012	#68
same to you fella	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#69
Thank you for the	woo me with science	Jul 2012	#60
Well, I wasn't conversing with you, but thank YOU	MADem	Jul 2012	#70
Actually, it wasn't "a dull, boring, stultifying hymn dance number" ,	mr blur	Jul 2012	#73
I found it so. Your mileage varied. Different strokes for different folks. nt	MADem	Jul 2012	#74
Right, because they didn't say "9/11" eight hundred times.	MrSlayer	Jul 2012	#7
NBC	burrowowl	Jul 2012	#8
oh, well, that makes sense. We are, after all, the center of the universe	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#9
Most Americans never heard of 7/7 and NBC had no intention of informing them...	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#10
And the IOC flat-out refused to acknowledge Munich in the opening ceremonies.	MADem	Jul 2012	#42
I can't believe that. Really?	Withywindle	Jul 2012	#59
Ask a typical American about it.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#63
They might not know the date if you just say 7/7, but anyone I	Union Scribe	Jul 2012	#87
Funny how they remember that and the Train bombing in Spain	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2012	#89
Ah well NBCs Olympic Contract won't be renewed	malaise	Jul 2012	#11
Unfortunately this isn't true	mentalsolstice	Jul 2012	#29
Holy Shite	malaise	Jul 2012	#35
The one with the most money on the table wins the contract.	MADem	Jul 2012	#44
By that standard why broadcast the Opening Cerimonies at all ?!	KurtNYC	Jul 2012	#12
Basically, the British public had the "Wrong" reaction to 7/7....	Junkdrawer	Jul 2012	#13
Plus, Meredith, Matt and Bob would have had to keep their yaps shut for a few seconds,	tanyev	Jul 2012	#14
What about the peace sign?	OneGrassRoot	Jul 2012	#15
I saw that, and I watched the NBC broadcast	rox63	Jul 2012	#16
Yes, I definitely noticed it	NEOhiodemocrat	Jul 2012	#17
omg, I missed that skit altogether!	OneGrassRoot	Jul 2012	#20
It was during the 60s-70s pop culture part.	Odin2005	Jul 2012	#25
I saw it (the peace sign)	Harry Back	Jul 2012	#81
NEITHER IS THE FREAKING OLYMPICS	eShirl	Jul 2012	#18
That is such bs. Part of the POINT of the Olympics is to share the experience with various countries	Honeycombe8	Jul 2012	#19
Fuck NBC	Marrah_G	Jul 2012	#22
well, that's just embarrassing	renate	Jul 2012	#23
The IOC refused to include the 40th Anniversary of Munich in the Opening Ceremonies.	MADem	Jul 2012	#46
Wow, "wasn't tailored for the U.S. audience"....	Spazito	Jul 2012	#24
That's what I get from that statement as well, unless it pushes the proper propaganda	suffragette	Jul 2012	#38
So they decide what's proper for Americans to watch	lunatica	Jul 2012	#26
I am loving that they are getting blowback on this.	Ruby the Liberal	Jul 2012	#28
That's in the running for "most parochial thing I've heard in days." (nt)	Posteritatis	Jul 2012	#31
WTF	Klukie	Jul 2012	#32
Because it's all about us	pokerfan	Jul 2012	#33
I left a comment on the NBC FB page. Nt	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#34
So did I	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#48
It's yet another insult to the Brits. As if	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#54
Yup	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#55
Yeah there's that too.	DevonRex	Jul 2012	#57
I sure am glad...	99Forever	Jul 2012	#36
Huh? Was the rest of the opening ceremony tailored for a US audience?	gollygee	Jul 2012	#39
Fuck NBC.	Zoeisright	Jul 2012	#43
Disgusting	SpartanDem	Jul 2012	#45
That's pretty pathetic	bhikkhu	Jul 2012	#49
There are things they are told over there about things that we will never hear over here.	YellowRubberDuckie	Jul 2012	#50
Yep! Don't want to be reminding U.S. audiences about that there TERROR, now do we. nt	patrice	Jul 2012	#51
Doesn't matter anyway, since it didn't happen in the U.S.	patrice	Jul 2012	#52
NBC isn't "tailored for the U.S. audience", at least ones of average intelligence.	Autumn	Jul 2012	#56
NBC supports PROXY Terrorism by diverting attention from it. nt	patrice	Jul 2012	#62
NBC..Jingo Olympics	SoCalDem	Jul 2012	#64
No wonder we end up so xenophobic...	AntiFascist	Jul 2012	#72
by what standard does nbc grade tailoring? who makes that call?	spanone	Jul 2012	#75
NBC is disgusting	Rosa Luxemburg	Jul 2012	#77
Our media is closer to the old Soviet Pravda than you think.	liberal N proud	Jul 2012	#78
Jerks.	elleng	Jul 2012	#79
Thank God we have NBC to tell us what is properly tailored for	indepat	Jul 2012	#80
They just didn't want to remind jingoistic morons	Warpy	Jul 2012	#82
That's disgusting.... The world mourns with us during our tragedies, do we do the same? No.	NotThisTime	Jul 2012	#83
I'm still trying to figure out why Ryan Seacrest	catbyte	Jul 2012	#84
Assholes!	Ken Burch	Jul 2012	#86
is this what many neoconservatives call: American Exceptionalism?	AsahinaKimi	Jul 2012	#88
if Another Country had done that to us with 9/11 you would have ignorant politicians calling for	JI7	Jul 2012	#90
They definitely dropped the ball.	toddwv	Jul 2012	#91
Social engineering at its finest.	Rex	Jul 2012	#92

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