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So evidently the USA's network that's "showing the Olympics" has decided to only show the version of the Olympics it wants to admit exists. NBC has confessed here to altering tribute to a not-9/11 terrorist incident for the simple reason that the USA didn't have any victims in the 7/7 bombings. To me, this is both appalling and inexcusable, and I really don't have the ability to muster a coherent response because when I'm actually pissed off I don't post well on the Internet about it. >.< Suffice to say that this may be the singularly most dickish thing that the US media's done in a while to me. >.<
I don't have very many words about this, as I said, though I do wonder how people would actually have the balls to say something this disgusting these days. Terrorism is not less meaningful because it's blowing up people in Bumfuck, Nigeria, as opposed to the Big Apple. Treating it as though it is....>.<
So evidently the USA's network that's "showing the Olympics" has decided to only show the version of the Olympics it wants to admit exists. NBC has confessed here to altering tribute to a not-9/11 terrorist incident for the simple reason that the USA didn't have any victims in the 7/7 bombings. To me, this is both appalling and inexcusable, and I really don't have the ability to muster a coherent response because when I'm actually pissed off I don't post well on the Internet about it. >.< Suffice to say that this may be the singularly most dickish thing that the US media's done in a while to me. >.<
I don't have very many words about this, as I said, though I do wonder how people would actually have the balls to say something this disgusting these days. Terrorism is not less meaningful because it's blowing up people in Bumfuck, Nigeria, as opposed to the Big Apple. Treating it as though it is....>.<
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Date: 30/7/12 19:11 (UTC)