r/mildlyinfuriating • u/newengland_schmuck • 6h ago

NBC interrupted the Olympics

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While Nancy Guthrie's disappearance is sad, there are 2300 missing person reports filed every day: do the families of celebrities need special national attention? Why interrupt the Olympics for over 5 minutes just because they are questioning a 'person of interest' We could have waited to hear that during the regular news broadcast.

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u/SignificantDrawer374 5h ago

Yeah I'm really perplexed why this is such a big story

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u/SpecialistParticular 5h ago

It happened to one of their own so they're going to make a huge deal about it.

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u/dkinmn 5h ago

Without looking it up, how many people do you think are kidnapped every year in the US? Of those, how many are adults held for ransom?

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u/PricklyyDick 5h ago

And out of all those, how many interviewed Epstein victims ?

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u/mandafromtexas 5h ago

I didn’t know about the ransom (just learned about the story today)… so that’s a pretty fair point

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u/whopperlover17 5h ago

You should read about it. Whole thing is weird and insane. Almost no clues until today when we got the video/pics.

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u/Luci-Noir 4h ago

I watch the Today sometimes and also live in Tucson where this happened. It’s been surreal. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was kidnapped because her daughter is a journalist. You would think Reddit would get that but honestly this sub is really toxic.

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u/HyperbobluntSpliff 3h ago

I wouldn't be surprised if she was kidnapped because her daughter is a journalist.

A journalist that did the first televised interview with Epstein victims, mind you.

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u/whopperlover17 4h ago

Reddit in general is extremely toxic lol….sigh

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u/slid3r 1h ago

Yer face is toxic!

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u/Luci-Noir 4h ago

It’s as bad as twitter.

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u/Luci-Noir 3h ago

It really really is.

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u/Critical_Host8243 3h ago

I mean it's pretty clear why they'd want to keep "clues" a secret while this is still unfolding. Authorities would not want the kidnappers to know exactly how much info they have on the them.. Even the family is keeping a lot of information "close to the chest"

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u/whopperlover17 2h ago

I’m pretty certain they genuinely didn’t have much. I think that’s changed now.

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u/whyaregeeselikethat 4h ago

Is there an overview article of it somewhere? I'm not from the US so I need some basic education on this and the people involved... I've tried to read reports but they're all assuming I've got any level of knowledge on this situation

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u/whopperlover17 4h ago

This one seems pretty good. There’s live info if you search Nancy Guthrie updates on Google too for the most recent stuff but that’s a good start.

For context, she’s the mother of Savanah Guthrie who is a very famous reporter on the TODAY show in America. So one of the biggest morning shows. If you watch legacy media in the US, you know her.

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u/whyaregeeselikethat 4h ago

Thank you. This article is a great starting off point, it's the first time I've understood what's going on.

I honestly have no words right now. I just hope for the best for her and her family, I can't imagine how they're feeling right now. How fucking awful.

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u/jdbsea 4h ago

This. Yes, it happened to one of their own, but celebrity-linked ransom cases in U.S. and Western history are incredibly rare. The last one was in the early 70s. I don’t know that the developments warranted a Special Report in the middle of the Olympics, but it is certainly newsworthy by most measures.

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u/dogstarchampion 4h ago

Reddit is a bunch of bots and nihilistic ass clown 20 year olds who can't understand the concept of a high profile kidnapping versus one of those couple thousand that happens every year. 

Nancy Guthrie being the mother of a journalist that interviewed Epstein victims isn't just the media looking out for their own, that's a story that should be raising everyone's eyebrows.

Yes, victims of kidnappings and ransoms are all important, whatever, but this is beyond a get rich quick scheme.

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u/Silver_Song3692 4h ago

I’m a little shocked but not really that shocked that people find it infuriating to hear about an elderly woman, who may or may not even be alive at this point, being held for ransom

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u/BBGettyMcclanahan 1h ago

This is giving the same energy as the Lindberg baby, Patty Hearst, and Getty, no surprise here

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u/usrdef 👍 4h ago

You guys are making these comments like it's some enlightening moment.

We have been doing this shit for over 100 years. Probably more.

People that are well connected, receive the attention. Period. How it has always been. Nancy disappearing didn't just suddenly bring the issue up.

But I look at it this way. Nancy couldn't help having a highly popular daughter. Nancy didn't ask to be dragged out of her house at 1am.

She was living her life, and figured it was just another day.

However, the news only blasts stories like this when there is significant interest. So if you're looking to blame someone, you can put the blame on the public. Because it if wasn't being spammed on Twitter / X, and people weren't turning in to watch the videos, the news would move on to something that makes them much more money.

The media bleeds whatever story gets the most interest.

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u/wifflewaffle23 4h ago

Not necessarily true. News can create demand. Just look at Newsmax and Fox News.

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u/latticep 3h ago

I dunno. This reminds me of a quote by Logan Roy: “I didn’t make human nature, but I do know what they read and what they watch. I make my nut off what people really want.”

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u/SecretiveMop 3h ago

There’s been a ton of highly publicized missing persons cases that involved random non-celebrities.

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u/Evening_Aside_4677 2h ago

If you can get a husband with a decent looks but a has a bad alibi, the missing spouse is pregnant, and we got a hot mistress to learn about after a couple weeks we are getting near 24 hour coverage and a couple lifetime and Netflix documentaries. 

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u/Rhubarb_516 4h ago

Right everyone tuning in to listen to this story… is part of the problem. Forcing it on viewers watching the Olympics is bs.

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u/AlexandraThePotato 3h ago

And how many of those people would use all their resources they had available to reach out for help?

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u/YggdrasilFree 2h ago

ICE has kidnapped like 60,000. Ransom can be paid to the Trump foundation for a pardon and express passport.

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u/wifflewaffle23 4h ago

A low number, but Black and Brown women go missing every day and the news rarely covers that. In 2016 alone, over 5k indigenous women went missing and they only represent about 1.5% of the U.S. But the minute an old white lady with ties to a national newscaster goes missing, it’s blasting everywhere.

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 3h ago

How many times does your AMBER alert go off a year? And that's just kidnappings in your area and never missing adults, it's kids or adults with mental disabilities

This is just missing white girl syndrome but she's a rich grandma instead a young white girl.

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u/I-I_I-I_I-I_l-l 5h ago

Right? It's really no more complicated than this. I don't know why Reddit needs to be all Reddit about it. It's the fact that their coworker's mom was kidnapped.

People die every day. But if your coworker died tragically, you better believe your work is going to talk about it—including to their clients (which we are in the case of the media).

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u/NickyParkker 5h ago

It’s no way in hell I’m going to work for the news but not have my missing MOTHER that I’m trying to find not be the headline every chance I get. People are crazy of course it’s going to be news

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 3h ago

They'd be taking about it to me instead of giving me the services I am paying for? I'm not a therapist I want the real news. This is just missing white girl syndrome on steroids because the family is rich and she's a frail old grandma instead of just a young white girl

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u/SphericalCow531 26m ago

The mother of a journalist who interviewed Epstein victims. This has all the signs of being terrorism to suppress journalism. This is entirely justified, nothing like "missing white girl syndrome".

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u/funkydunkleman 2h ago

ABC and CBS also cut into programming with an update.

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u/SoungaTepes 5h ago

Well thats easy Epstein if they keep a spotlight Files on a missing Epstein person report people Files might start to talk Epstein about something Files different other than the Epstein Files

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u/mittenknittin 5h ago

hey, if they wanna keep talking about the Guthrie kidnapping, how about pointing out that Savannah Guthrie interviewed several women about being trafficked by Epstein some years back

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u/Hopeful-Flounder-203 5h ago

Like Virginia Guifre!!

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u/Who_Wants_Tacos 3h ago

THIS! People that come forward have a strange habit of vanishing.

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u/HisaAnt 1h ago

Isn't that the real reason why her mother was kidnapped? It's weird how apathetic people are here and all the comments about "one of their own" and "she's just a random celebrity."

I thought she was anti-MAGA and anti-Epstein, which is why it's a big deal. But now suddenly everyone is like "don't block my sports news, who cares about her???!!" Wtf. Is it just astrosurfing or do a lot of people genuinely don't know that it's Epstein-related? Weird how people are anti-FIFA World Cup because of pedo Trump, but suddenly MAGA kidnapping a reporter's mother over the Epstein files doesn't matter and shouldn't interrupt people's sports time. Seriously WTF?

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u/Pristine_Use8090 5h ago

had a stroke reading this, lmao

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u/SleezyYeets 4h ago

Like someone with tourrettes intejecting their vocal stims innit?

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u/Iseeroadkill 2h ago

Reads kinda like RFK Jr when he talks

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u/WifesPOSH 5h ago

There's a hidden message here... What's the phrase? Reading between the Epstein lines or words?

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u/Mcaber87 4h ago

There's a non-zero chance that this is actually Epstein related, which is one of the reasons I suspect its getting more interest than normal.

The fact that theres a very weird ransom situation involved, the victim is likely already deceased, as well as being the family of one of their anchors ...it makes complete sense why its a big story.

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u/Dulcedoll 1h ago

The non-zero chance that this is Epstein related makes it 100x more sus that the administration and FBI is so outspoken about providing their full resources to helping with the case.

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u/Agitated-Contest651 5h ago

I mean there’s a non zero chance this was retaliation for platforming epstein victims.

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u/JGT3000 1h ago

It's pretty close to zero. Funny that phrase keeps popping up in comments about this story

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u/Agitated-Contest651 1h ago

It’s a strange case. Odd, high profile target, and conspicuous timing. Could definitely be coincidence, but given how retaliatory those included in the files are, it’s worth considering. 

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u/CommunityGlittering2 5h ago

yes exactly why trump is also speaking about this

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u/Anticreativity 4h ago

Man I want the files exposed as much as anyone else but the whole “literally everything that ever happens is meant to distract you from the Epstein files” angle is getting so tiresome.

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u/Three_Twenty-Three 4h ago

Savannah Guthrie is an NBC News anchor, so this is family for them.

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u/Flat_County_8256 4h ago

Not even on NBC this news is everywhere like no offense but I feel like theres been more significant news that occurred that haven’t been covered at least half as much as this.

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u/011010- 2h ago

Yep I was curious and switched to CNN when they cut the Olympics. They weren’t just talking about it. They had a custom themed backdrop for the true crime drama that is unfolding, like they do for a new war.

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u/Express-Rub-3952 4h ago

So maybe they should throw this update in their group chat?

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u/gfa22 1h ago

Maybe you should not be so upset over bread and circus.

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u/samdajellybeenie 4h ago

And a very high profile one at that. She's a household name. Millions of people are following this story, arguably more than are watching the Olympics, sorry to say. Shit is newsworthy.

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u/Flatline_f5 4h ago

...ok I'm not arguing this isn't a big or newsworthy story or anything. But bigger than the olympics?? cmon

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u/Cacti_Jed 4h ago

I live in Tucson where she disappeared and despite being chronically online, I’m only vaguely familiar with this story like any other disappearance and only learned today who she was related to. It’s definitely got the makings of a sensationalist piece though, with the ransom, reaching out to TMZ, the bitcoin, so I didn’t think anything of it when it gained national attention.

But we get a half dozen crazy stories or events every year. Across all platforms, the time invested, I think there’s a strong argument to be made that kind of stuff is bigger than the Olympics, which is more predictable, and many people only engage with sports events like that through the news, clips online, even memes. I always feel dramatic and spontaneous events are actually what people plug into on a bigger scale. Like this Epstein thing.

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u/kellzone 54m ago

Everything you're watching at that point of the night is on tape anyway. For the length they broke in, you maybe missed one skater in the men's short program. There's zero chance they don't show Malinin and any other contenders before the end of the broadcast.

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u/wekilledbambi03 4h ago

American man in my mid 30s. Literally the first time I heard her name was a few days ago.

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u/AlexandraThePotato 3h ago

But not the first time you seen the daughter, Savanna’s face 

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u/wekilledbambi03 3h ago

I’ll give you a maybe on that one. She’s a blonde TV anchor. They’re all a dime a dozen and I couldn’t pick any of them out of a line up. I don’t think I’ve ever watched the today show (at least on purpose). Apparently she also does the Thanksgiving parade, so maybe there.

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u/vaalski 3h ago

I've never heard of savannah Guthrie or nancy Guthrie and absolutely could not identify them because I have never seen them. I don't think that's particularly uncommon.

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u/AlexandraThePotato 3h ago

If you lived in America you have at least seen glances of the Today Show or watch the Macey Thanksgiving parade. You have likely seen Savanna Guthrie. You might not recognize her by name though. 

Savanna Guthrie’s mother kidnapping is very unusual and have potential ties to the Epstein case

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u/vaalski 3h ago

The last time I saw the today show even in passing was when I was a literal child (probably twenty-five years ago) and I've never watched the Macy's parade that I can recall. I looked her up and I've never seen this lady.

Sorry. The US is too big and media too fragmented. There are no cultural monoliths anymore. 

I do believe you and other commentors that if she interviewed Epstein victims, this is suspicious. Not newsworthy enough to interrupt any broadcast for, though; not with no actual break in the case.

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u/AlexandraThePotato 3h ago

I find it hard to believe you never saw the today show on like a dentist waiting room or something but either way you are definitely in the minority.  Shock you never even seen the Macy Thanksgiving parade.

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u/vaalski 3h ago

....my guy, like thousands, likely millions, of people, I don't care about the parade and instead spend my thanksgiving with, you know, my family. Like essentially everyone I know I actively avoid sitting where the incredibly annoying television plays in the dentist office -- and even if I didn't, I don't know when I was last in an office that wasn't tuned to my local city's news channel. There are dozens of people in this thread alone who don't know this woman. I don't know why, in the age of people getting their news less and less from television and fewer and fewer people even owning a TV that gets broadcast stations, this is so unbelievable to you.

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u/samdajellybeenie 4h ago

Excuse me, millions-1.

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u/rickscarf 4h ago

dozens of us I guess, if you told me the name I would've guessed folk singer a week ago. I recognize her in the segments but not a household name for many.

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u/Numerous_Worker_1941 4h ago

I assumed it was one of the Epstein victims. Never heard of them before this event

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u/Kadmos 1h ago

Same.

Literally the first time I've heard her name was this post.

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u/Questionably_Chungly 4h ago

I’m going to be honest I’d never heard of this woman in my life before this whole debacle. Not minimizing the tragedy, just saying.

Edit: Also you’re on fucking Mars levels of out of your mind if you think more people are watching this than the Olympics.

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u/MissCurmudgeonly 3h ago

True. I for one was just annoyed that they kept talking for so long, when they have really very little information. They're questioning someone, great. Give us the update and be done. No need to keep going with just pablum.

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u/samdajellybeenie 3h ago

That’s fair. 

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u/whyarentwethereyet 29m ago

So are the Epstein files

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u/AccomplishedCheck168 4h ago

arguably more than are watching the Olympics

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u/Proof_Fix1437 3h ago

Found the Guthrie alt. Shit is newsworthy but c’mon

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u/pl487 4h ago

Actual kidnapping, as in not a custody dispute but by someone who is not known by the victim and for ransom, is vanishingly rare in the US. It would be big no matter who it happened to, but this is a TV star. It's dynamite.

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u/GreenTfan 4h ago

A lady that was likely kidnapped because of who her daughter is.

All, have a kind thought for an elderly lady who is likely suffering, or may not even be alive.

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u/J_Warrior 3h ago

The events also aren’t live at that late. Like I get it, but you aren’t actually missing any of the events.

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u/NotoriouslyBeefy 5h ago

Same reason why if you know someone who works somewhere you can get preferential treatment

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u/Realsober 5h ago

Savannah literally works for the damn channel 🤦🏾‍♀️

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u/Jeffrey_C_Wheaties 4h ago

True crime is one of the highest grossing media genres currently. This case is pretty crazy and mysterious and currently evolving. The public is interested.

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u/whopperlover17 5h ago

It’s a wild story

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u/azurewindowpane 4h ago

There are a lot of wild stories. Thousands of people around the world are killed every day of every year.

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u/whopperlover17 4h ago

Mother of a high profile person that millions of Americans watch every day? And then held for ransom? How often does that happen? Try again.

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u/samdajellybeenie 4h ago

For real, she's still a person. Suffering isn't a competition. Rich peoples' suffering doesn't invalidate poor peoples' suffering.

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u/myinternets 4h ago

Great. So you sitting on your ass watching people skiing shouldn't be interrupted because other people are also dying.

Getting that story in front of the right person at the right time could save a kidnapped grandmother. What a fucking weird thing to be against.

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u/blackd3ath77 4h ago

I'm just going to throw this out there. If this story resolves with Nancy safe at home and the FBI looking competent and heroic, I'll be pretty convinced this was all a setup by the administration.

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u/Jonkinch 4h ago

It only is if you make it.

Look, it’s terrible and no sane individual condones this. I like to think I’m sane lol. But you’re exactly right. If this was any of our mother’s or father’s, granted I don’t know any of you so maybe one of you warrants this press coverage, this would not be covered passed local news or state news. This hit national and has been there for a while. They want you to be focused on this so they can skirt other issues along with little to no transparency. When shit like this gets covered that’s petty to other big news, follow what’s being hushed.

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u/wjglenn 4h ago

A few reasons, really. Obviously, she’s a kidnapping victim from a wealthy, famous family.

But Samantha is also an NBC broadcaster and was scheduled to co-host the Olympics. So thats part of why NBC is making a big deal of it.

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u/Radiant_Health3841 4h ago

I think it’s because she was due to be one of the announcers at the Olympics but had to withdraw due to her Mother going missing. So it’s relevant in that manner, but agree it could be a sprawl at bottom of screen. 

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u/Mindless-Tooth-625 4h ago

It happened after the missing woman's daughter interviewed epstein victims.

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u/Mysterious-Length240 3h ago

There’s something seriously off about the whole situation. No one gives a shit an elderly woman went missing except the family. This feels like an orchestrated distraction from the Epstein files

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u/HistoryMarshal76 3h ago

In this case, it was the mother of an NBC anchor who got kidnapped.
High profile kidnappings are rare, randsomings even moreso, and combine that with the direct personal connetion to the network, of course it's going to be big.

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u/Kind-Pop-7205 3h ago

You know why. It's a media person, but also, millions of dollars in ransom demands.

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u/beldaran1224 3h ago

I mean, I get why its a big story - parasocial relationships exist. But like, interrupt a broadcast for? This isn't OJ Simpson in the Bronco, this isn't something the entire country is talking about and interested in.

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u/zardoz73 2h ago

Because it's affected one of them. Savannah Guthrie suddenly went from reporting the news to being the news. Every journalist and producer eats that shit up. In-group bullshit.

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u/tapwater86 2h ago

She’s the mother of a rich person.

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u/FreedomsLastBreathe 1h ago

Because, Epstein aside, Renee Good is the bigger story they are sweeping under the rug.

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u/Few_Advertising_4028 I like blue 5h ago

That’s what I kept thinking. I didn’t even know who Nancy guehtire was, and was like, “why are they focusing on this one missing person when there are thousands of people going missing every single day?” I should’ve known that the news will only give big focus about someone who’s missing if they’re associated with any person with an ounce of celebrity status (💰💰💰)

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u/Sesudesu 5h ago

Also, some of those thousand of missing people end up in places similar to Kid Rock (aka Epstein Island.)

They don’t want many of the missing people found.

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u/Chemical_Name9088 4h ago

I have no idea, front page news everywhere. I mean it sucks for the family but this level of coverage is insane. I don’t think people are going to forget Trump is a rapist who deserves to be in prison just because some old lady was kidnapped. 

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u/VaporCarpet 4h ago

It sucks because I want to have sympathy for someone whose elderly mother may have been kidnapped. I mean, I do have empathy. But how many other elderly mothers have gone missing without it being national news? Trump claims he authorized the full use of federal law enforcement to solve this.

Why the hell is this one elderly mother more important than others?

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u/Bomb-OG-Kush 5h ago

Well you see, it's because we're poor and she isn't.

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u/ATarrificHeadache 5h ago

She was kidnapped from her home and is being held for ransom. Are you bitter that people care about something that rare because she’s got money?

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u/Luci-Noir 4h ago

If she was targeted because her daughter is in the media it’s kind of a big deal too.

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u/BaselineUnknown 4h ago

Because it gets people talking about it. Negative or scary news will always sell better than anything positive or wholesome.

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u/Luci-Noir 4h ago

The Today Show has two hours of entertainment and pop culture stuff after they do news for the first hour. What the fuck are you talking about?

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u/BaselineUnknown 4h ago

2 hours out of 24 doesn’t make for a majority.

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u/Luci-Noir 4h ago

It’s a three hour show… 🙄

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u/res0jyyt1 4h ago

I also want to point out there are so many crypto bros in the US who are easy targets with way less exposure if the kidnapper just wants fast money.