From Deadspin
Here’s The Opening Ceremony Tribute To Terrorism Victims NBC Doesn’t Want You To See
Timothy Burke
The major transitional element of today’s London Olympics opening ceremony was a downtempo performance of adoptive sporting anthem “Abide With Me” by Scottish singer Emeli Sandé. The song and accompanying dance were a tribute to the victims of the 7/7 terror attacks in London that claimed 52 victims days after the 2012 Summer Olympic hosts were named. (It’s also been suggested the performance was a memorial to the war dead.)
Regardless, it was a rather significant and emotional moment in the opening ceremony, coming just before the parade of nations—and it wasn’t aired in the United States. Instead, viewers were treated to a lengthy and meaningless Ryan Seacrest interview of Michael Phelps. NBC regularly excises small portions of the opening ceremony to make room for commercials, but we’ve never heard of them censoring out an entire performance—especially to air an inane interview. We’ve asked NBC why they didn’t air the tribute, and if they get back to us we’ll let you know what they say. In the meantime, enjoy the performance everyone else in the world saw. [BBC]
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I changed the channel partway through the Phelps interview. I kept wondering what they were seeing live while we had that BS to watch. Now I know.
To Pravda-NBC, thanks (sarc) for censoring a tribute about terrorism, while including the NHS BS. I really thought you were above this, but I see I was quite wrong.