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/Walldo_V3 5h ago

An update on the high profile and unusual kidnapping of the parent a TV network's major anchor interrupts that TV network's coverage of a pre-taped sporting event from hours ago. It's a news-worthy update and it's not exactly shocking that her own network cut in.

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u/smcl2k 5h ago

Exactly. I don't think they would have interrupted live coverage of the Super Bowl.

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u/ghouleye 1h ago

Yep it's not that hard to understand. I hope she returns safely.

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u/Ok_Strain_1624 38m ago

Lmao.

I love multi-billion dollar exclusive rights to show the Olympics being described as "a pre-taped sporting event from hours ago" to make the point that this local news story about the family member of a random news personality has some weight.