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NBC drops the ball on moment of silence
By Mike Meiler
On September 12, 2012
NBC screwed up, big time.
If you haven't heard about it yet, the media giant made the biggest of boo-boos
Tuesday morning when it failed to participate in the nationwide moment of silence
in remembrance of 9/11, deciding instead to run an interview with Kris Jenner
about her fake breasts.
I'm no super-patriot, and while it might not be a popular opinion, I can give the
station a pass for not participating in the moment of silence. Tragedies happen,
and my condolences go out to anyone who lost a loved one in the attacks or in the
ensuing military action, but eventually we move on. We don't forget, but we move
on. We don't observe a moment of silence for Pearl Harbor anymore, do we?
But skipping the remembrance for a Kardashian, particularly a Kardashian talking
about Kardashian things? That's where it crosses the line into the unforgivable.
What's more appalling about the incident is how well it defines our popular culture.
In fact, I'd challenge anybody to find a better indictment of our current obsession
with celebrity.
One of the three most powerful broadcasting companies in the most media-
obsessed nation in the world skipped a moment of silence dedicated to the defining
moment in many of our lives for an interview with some rich lawyer's ex-bimbo
baby mama about how she got her boobs redone because her old implants were
becoming a health risk.
The best part of the interview was the end, when Savannah Guthrie, host of the
Today show, asked Jenner, "Is there any moment of moments when you think, 'Gosh,
I wish I hadn't recorded that?'"
I'm sure NBC has one.
Mike Meiler can be reached by email at meiler.record@live.com.
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