MSNBC - Was this really necessary?

[Silkie]

...they have forced their audiences to remember the eleventh day of September for a series of events in 2001 rather than just a day on the calendar upon which a new day begins every year

September 11th or 9/11 will never be just another "new day". You can choose to recognize the life-changing, historical events that happened or not. For most people, that date will forever be marked by the the tragic events of the coordinated terrorist attacks in NYC and Washington, DC and the horrific loss of nearly 3,000 Americans. I can offer up many criticisms of network news organizations, but this would not be one of them.

Agreed. Head in the sand syndrome does little, if anything, to keep people alert with respect to their surroundings, particularly when it is far from over.

 

[Silkie]

I tuned in to History Channel at 9pm last night, and they had narrator-free amateur footage of the plane crashes, the evacuations, and the tower crashes, all spliced according to the known time-line of events.

Yep...that was one of the documentaries. I think that was one of the more controversial because it showed people jumping. They also ran one examining the many conspiracy theories, and another on the architecture of the buildings and why they came down. No shortage of approaches to the story, and they ran them all. I see they've returned to regular programming today.

Yes, their regular programming, telling us to be more tolerant when these sorts of things happen...or blaming America first and foremost.

 

[JeeperOne]

They do that every year. I think it's a very nice way of remembering what happened personally.

You must be NUTS!!!!!

I got RAILED on a fantasy TV board which Trip & used to hang out on (Does it still exist Trip?) after I did something similar with the Columbine tragedy. I never heard the end of it.

9/11 was a tragedy & we should never forget the events of that day BUT it's time to move on.

Just my opinion.....

Cheers

 

[JeeperOne]

Your complaint is still fairly petty. What is MSNBC supposed to do, run some other channel's footage?

How about reporting the news OF TODAY?? That's why MSNBC is on the air for.

I say leave the rebroadcast of that footage up to Discovery/Learning Channel or History Channel as that's what they are on the air for.

I hope MSNBC didn't show President Bush's address from the Oval Office that night too.

Cheers

 

[DToTheJ]

They should replay Howard Stern's 9/11 show on the radio every year. I wonder if one of his channels on SiriusXM did that this year.