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Heres The Opening Ceremony Tribute To Terrorism Victims NBC Doesnt Want You To See
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 nationsand 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 performanceespecially 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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http://deadspin.com/5929778/heres-the-opening-ceremony-tribute-to-terrorism-victims-nbc-doesnt-want-you-to-see
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(101,698 posts)dballance
(5,756 posts)I've noticed a striking but unsurprising pattern in links to news media here on DU. The best reporting seems to be from the BBC and other UK media and from Al Jezeera. They don't have the US media bias brought on by being part of the corporate machine and beholding to major advertisers.
That was an absolutely beautiful segment of the Opening Ceremony. Much better than Ryan Seacrest - but what isn't? I just want to slit my wrists every time I have to listen to him. He gives us reason to use the term "airhead" on not just females anymore.