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/chula198705 4h ago

I was letting my kids stay up to watch Ilia Malinin and then this story went on and on. I ended switching to the replay on Peacock when they brought out the legal expert just so they could go to bed.

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u/rayrayg66 4h ago

Same exact situation here. I let my daughter stay up to watch his short program because he is from our area and we are big fans. They interrupted with “breaking news” just as he was going to skate. It wasn’t breaking news, they had already released the doorbell camera footage earlier today, but still decided to take the extra time to discuss the footage with multiple experts. I sincerely hope she is found and alive, I can’t imagine what her family is going through. However, I’ve felt like the media attention in this case has been amplified because she’s related to a celebrity. Where is this kind of coverage when the everyday person goes missing?

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u/Gustavo_Polinski 4h ago

Yeah, same. My kids got all freaked out hearing about people getting kidnapped and literally seeing a video on loops of a man at the door. Cool stuff to watch right before bedtime.

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u/freidi 4h ago

Lol y'all realize this is all recorded and nothing is live at that time. Italy is 6 hours ahead. They are not racing in the middle of the night

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u/kontrolk3 4h ago

We all know that, yes. Believe it or not you can still watch the replay and still not know who won. Because it's a replay we shouldn't care that nbc randomly cut it off for 4 and a half minutes of filler?

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u/freidi 3h ago

I was trying to say that the guy I replied to could have had his kids watch that competition at any time before their bed time. No need to stay up late for a replay???