Two things come to mind.
First, you’d think the production company would have had second thoughts about the script after the lawsuits filed against CNN by the Covington student. Second, why would NBC even consider running this episode especially since they were just served in a lawsuit.
Since the storyline is so thinly veiled as to the origin, it looks like the kid has an additional company to sue and can use NBC’s airing of the show as part of it’s “malicious disregard of the truth” standard in his lawsuit against NBC.
Kid is going to be very wealthy when this is all over.
They were trying to get the “truth” out? In their lame brains anyway. Proably thinkin’ (?) “We’ll show those punk Christians a thing or two.”