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NBC Defends Tape Delay as Critics Pile On

Opening ceremony needed 'context' of prime-time coverage

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 28, 2012 8:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – London put on quite the spectacle to open the Olympics, though TV viewers in the US had to watch on tape delay. For that, NBC took loads of criticism on Twitter, notes AP television writer David Bauder. So why didn't the network at least...   Read full story »

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NBC • 2012 London Olympics • Opening Ceremony • Olympics

 
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