TODAY Show Disaster Continues: NBC President Offers Weak Apology For 9/11 ‘Moment Of Silence’ Fiasco
Sept. 13 2012, Published 10:30 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
In the wake of NBC News’ head-scratching decision to not broadcast live the moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the head of NBC News is apologizing -- sort of.
Steve Capus, the president of NBC News, sent managers at its affiliated stations on Wednesday an apology for “touching a nerve with many of your viewers” after TODAY chose to air a live interview with Kris Jenner talking about breast implants, rather than carrying the somber moment of silence during its broadcast on Tuesday.
Despite his memo to executives within the NBC family, Capus did not issue a public apology, and there was no official press release to the media about TODAY’s snafu.
The television insider website FTVLive Thursday posted the entire internal memo sent by Capus in which he praises staffers for their coverage of the deadly attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya.
The memo begins with Capus praising NBC’s coverage of the Embassy attacks and later even mentions how “brilliant” Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie are together.
Capus waits until the third paragraph of the memo to address the 9/11 snub that has sparked outrage directed at the Peacock Network.
Here is the internal memo Capus sent to the staff:
Today’s extensive coverage of the Embassy attacks underscor