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NBC News president *Steve Capus<http://www.mediabistro.com/Steve-Capus-profile.html> * has ordered that the video of the crash of Georgian luger *Nodar Kumaritashvili* no longer be shown on NBC News and MSNBC programs, without his permission. It's a policy also apparently adopted by NBC Sports as well. Last night, before introducing a report from NBC's *Peter Alexander<http://www.mediabistro.com/Peter-Alexander-profile.html> * on the investigation into the crash, *Bob Costas<http://www.mediabistro.com/Bob-Costas-profile.html> * announced, "We will not play the video of this fatal run, nor will we play it again during these Olympics." An NBC News spokesperson tells TVNewser, "NBC News handled the video of the luge accident with the utmost sensitivity. As we have done in the past, we felt the story had reached a point where it was no longer necessary to show the video when reporting on this tragic story." -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
