http://twitter.com/#!/sunnyright/status/432149036775510016

Because that’s how NBC rolls.

Last night Twitchy told you about some of the idiocy that sent #NBCFail trending once again. But this one deserves its own post.

An NBC exec said the network aired the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics on tape-delay to give the event the “context” and “pageantry it deserves.” In addition to the “context” of calling decades of communism a “pivotal experiment,” Deadspin reports that NBC made this editorial decision for American viewers:

http://twitter.com/#!/sunnyright/status/432148461593821184

Was that for “context” or “pageantry”? More from Deadspin:

Russia’s anti-gay laws have been a major focus in the lead-up to the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, and during his address at today’s opening ceremony IOC president Thomas Bach made a strong statement against “any form of discrimination” and in favor of tolerance. Viewers worldwide heard the statement; NBC viewers in the U.S. did not, because the network edited it out.

Deadspin has video and a transcript of Bach’s address with the scrubbed portion included.

http://twitter.com/#!/jpodhoretz/status/432150192062599168

https://twitter.com/atlantatony/status/432160439951040512

https://twitter.com/kendersrule/status/432056692348841984

http://twitter.com/#!/yo60640/status/432013404014784512
http://twitter.com/#!/Magdeleena/status/432161642625761280
http://twitter.com/#!/BrianFaughnan/status/432150769664786432
http://twitter.com/#!/moelane/status/432151090017337344
http://twitter.com/#!/julieroginsky/status/432152082314199040

Related:

NBC cuts Olympics tribute to 7/7 victims; airs Michael Phelps interview instead

Full Twitchy coverage of the Sochi Winter Olympics

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/02/08/putin-suck-uppery-nbc-blasted-for-scrubbing-anti-discrimination-statement-from-olympics-opening-ceremony/