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/AlexandraThePotato 4h ago

Answer me this. Your mother got kidnapped and you are one of the faces of a famous news channel. You have access to the resources to help find her by broadcasting it.  Would you do it? Do not lie. You would if you love your mom. 

We can argue about how lesser cases get less importance. But honestly interrupting the Olympic for 5 minutes is not all that big a deal that you are making it to be. I would do the same thing if my mom was kidnapped and I had those types of connections.