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Showing Original Post only (View all)Fuck NBC for fucking with the 2012 London Olympics [View all]
They edited out portions of the Opening Ceremonies because they claimed they were tailoring the broadcast to American tastes.
They edited out when IOC President Jacques Rogge spoke in French at the Closing Ceremonies.
Speaking of which - they edited out Muse and Ray Davies completely during the Closing Ceremonies. And they also chopped out entire bits of the festivities.
And as soon as the Olympic torch was extinguished, Bob Costas delivered the line his superiors ordered him to deliver: "See you in an hour, suckers - it's time for a preview of Monkey Balls Hospital!"
Did Dick Ebersol have a stroke or something? Is that why this is his last Olympics? Or did the fuckwittery come from even higher up - for example, from the desk of Comcast's CEO?
Seriously, what do any of these people have against Muse, who wrote the anthem for the London Olympics? Or Ray Davies of the Kinks? Or that second George Michael song that got cut out of the broadcast? Or even Kate Bush, who didn't perform at the Closing Ceremonies but allowed her music to be used anyway?
For that matter, what does NBC have against London for wanting to honor the Olympics in its own way that they have to censor the broadcast for Americans?
That's right - how silly of me. We got the Spice Girls. All five of them. Can I pee myself now?
Fuck NBC. NBC now stands for Nothing But Chickenshits.
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