NBC’s ‘Under God’ Omission Prompts Calls for Boycott, Firing

CNSNews ^ | 6/20/11 | Melanie Hunter

[CNSNews]

(CNSNews.com) – NBC apologized for omitting the words “under God” and “indivisible” from the Pledge of Allegiance during Sunday’s U.S. Open, but the incident has touched off calls for NBC to hold those responsible for the omission accountable.

During the opening broadcast of the U.S. Open, NBC showed a montage that included children reciting the pledge, but the words “under God” and “indivisible” were omitted twice. The network received immediate backlash about the incident through social media, including tweets calling for a boycott of NBC.

“We began our coverage of this final round just about three hours ago, and when we did it was our intent to begin the coverage of this U.S. Open championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being held in our nation’s capital for the third time,” announcer Dan Hicks told viewers.

[raccoonradio]

Olbermann has moved on to Gore’s Current TV network, and its handful of viewers. But otherwise...

[Azzurri]

I'd be glad to boycott them but this was the first time since the Masters that I even turned the channel on. If I give up watching golf, no big deal at that, I will probably never watch NBC.

The Masters is televised by CBS

[Servant of the Cross]

[max americana]

>Pro golfers are usually pretty conservative. Unfortunately, the new younger European golfers like Rory are likely progressive little dopes. I enjoyed seeing Rory win yesterday but would hope that most on the PGA would join in the outrage.<

I’m pro-American (my tag name too) and the one tidbit I read when Rory faltered in the Masters is that he implied he wasn’t a big fan of the US in one article on Golf Channel.

To add, 2 years ago during the Ryder Cup panel, one commentator actually said “they are MOSTLY Republicans that’s why they all live in Florida”. I almost fell off my chair when he said it, and it was newly Americanized David Feherty who said it live.

[ncalburt]

Someone needs to poll the number of Gays running CNN!
My wife worked as a consultant there in the late 90’s and it was a like a non stop gay bar happy hour at the Atlanta headquarters.
My wife had to deal with men throwing fits at work because they were fighting over the new guy at work.
In fact, she would hear comments about managers hiring people because they cute and gay.
We would attend Xmas parties held by CNN staff and 75 % of the staff at the event were gay.
No wonder Anderson Cooper and that Black gay lefty feel at home there.
Plenty of chances to get a date for the upcoming weekend !