[Peach]

It was different in New York, where the local ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, UPN and WB affiliates all stayed with the ground zero ceremony until it concluded.

This wasn't just a New York event, but for purely political purposes, the networks would much prefer the rest of the country forget 9/11.

[fight_truth_decay]

Yet in contrast to a full morning of special coverage last year, ABC, CBS and NBC offered only brief reports during key moments of memorial services on Thursday, otherwise sticking with regular programming.