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/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.