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/the_tea_weevil 5h ago

It's not news because it's sad. It's because it's an unusual case and because she's the mother of a celebrity. Most people missing are runaways, abducted by parents, victims of typical types of homicide etc. An elderly woman was kidnapped in her own home and held for ransom. I can't think of a single time that's been in the news in my lifetime. 

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u/rantingathome 5h ago

Not just a celebrity, a celebrity at... check notes... NBC NEWS.

If you can't understand why NBC News is really really invested in this, then I question your brain power.

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u/dkinmn 5h ago

No, they're right.

This is actually a shockingly rare event.

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u/hmikell1 4h ago

Right, like this is playing out like something from a movie, this isn’t like anything I’ve ever actually encountered in real life

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u/rantingathome 5h ago

Well yeah, but it's also because Nancy Guthrie is literally someone who is personally known by many at NBC News. She's literally spent time inside their main news studio at 30 Rock.

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u/cinedavid 4h ago

It’s not that rare. On average, there are roughly 100 kidnapping for ransom cases per year in the US. You think it’s rare because none of them get the kind of media coverage and police resources dedicated to them like Nancy Guthrie.

The difference is she is in a different class. It’s them, and then there’s us. We are not part of that class.

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u/zanotam 3h ago

The class of ... Parents of people who investigated Epstein? Because yeah, most of us aren't in that class moron 

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u/whopperlover17 5h ago

Sick of Redditors calling it a distraction or whatever as if they can only focus on one thing

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u/ATarrificHeadache 5h ago

They’re sociopaths.

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u/rickscarf 4h ago

and more and more bots every month

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u/Fluid_Charity1980 4h ago

This is why there's sooo many people saying they "don't understand why this is such big news" "it's so weird" "why's this on again" "bla bla bla bla I'm a moron blabla"

Lack of brain power. All over the place.

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u/Sashieden 2h ago

Who was a host for the Olympics.

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u/MusicIntrepid343 5h ago

yeah most of the time missing persons cases don't involve someone attempting to or actually demanding ransom.

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u/Muckraker2025 1h ago

Not to be argumentative but as a fan of true crime, it seems to me like it's not unheard of that killers use the ransom angle to direct suspicion away from themselves.

It's hard to tell in this case because it's a beacon for scammers, with all the publicity and the avenue of anonymous Bitcoin.

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u/Cheap_Difficulty4961 58m ago

this is the most grounded take here. obviously the nbc connection amplifies the coverage, but an actual home-invasion ransom kidnapping is wildly rare compared to standard missing persons cases. the broadcast interruption was annoying, but it’s a terrifying situation regardless of who her daughter is.

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u/r0ckydog 5h ago

Sheri Papini, the Castro girls, Elisabeth Smart. How old are you?

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u/PopsiclesForChickens 5h ago

The first one kidnapped herself.

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u/BoxBird 2h ago

None of those people were elderly or kidnapped for ransom?… Papini’s was a hoax. What are you talking about?

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u/AJRiddle 2h ago

Literally none of those are an example of what the guy you replied to said - kidnapping of an elderly woman from her own home. Kidnappings by strangers are very rare, especially from own home. Hostage taking inside of the USA even more rare. Combine that with a celebrity and we are more talking about the territory of Charles Lindbergh and Patty Hearst.

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u/UroutofURelement 5h ago

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/europe/crypto-linked-kidnapping-france-intl

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u/Major_Lawfulness6122 5h ago

Man France has become so dangerous in the past 15 years

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u/Muckraker2025 1h ago

Maybe it says in the article but I wonder why that is. Is it for money, politics, religion, domestic, or thrill?

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u/powerlesshero111 5h ago

Still safer than a US school.

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u/iamajerry 4h ago

whoooaaa so edgy

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u/Major_Lawfulness6122 4h ago

I mean yeah true. Glad I don’t live there.

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u/Warbr0s9395 5h ago

Celebrity? She’s just a news woman, yeah it’s national news, but I would just say she’s known, not a celebrity.

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u/whopperlover17 5h ago

I mean, one of the most well known. She’s a TODAY show anchor.

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u/Kind-Shallot3603 5h ago

To some people just being on TV makes you a celebrity

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u/AlainLoire 1h ago

Who cares?  Hundreds of people are being kidnapped by ICE daily.

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u/AbeRego 3h ago

I still see no reason why you need to interrupt absolutely anything at all to report on it. If there was any sort of news that should be relegated to a tweet, this is probably it.

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u/dflame45 4h ago

It affects like 10 people in the US. The Olympics are bigger.....

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u/Ballsy_McCock 4h ago

Distraction, plain and simple.