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In reply to the discussion: NBC: We skipped terror tribute because it wasn't "tailored for the U.S. audience" [View all]JI7
(89,244 posts)90. if Another Country had done that to us with 9/11 you would have ignorant politicians calling for
boycott of the nation. and depending on the country changing names of items with that country . like freedom fries .
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mfcorey1
Jul 2012
OP
Most Americans never heard of 7/7 and NBC had no intention of informing them...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2012
#10
Plus, Meredith, Matt and Bob would have had to keep their yaps shut for a few seconds,
tanyev
Jul 2012
#14
That is such bs. Part of the POINT of the Olympics is to share the experience with various countries
Honeycombe8
Jul 2012
#19
The IOC refused to include the 40th Anniversary of Munich in the Opening Ceremonies.
MADem
Jul 2012
#46
That's what I get from that statement as well, unless it pushes the proper propaganda
suffragette
Jul 2012
#38
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
NBC isn't "tailored for the U.S. audience", at least ones of average intelligence.
Autumn
Jul 2012
#56
That's disgusting.... The world mourns with us during our tragedies, do we do the same? No.
NotThisTime
Jul 2012
#83