Last night's Olympic opening ceremony included a tribute to all victims of terror--specifically the victims of the bombings that took place in London on July 7, 2005--the day the Olympics were awarded to London.  But if you watched it on NBC, you didn't get a chance to see it.  Instead, you got treated to a Ryan Seacrest interview with Michael Phelps.

Well, NBC gave an explanation a few hours ago--and it's so outrageous that it merits a diary of its own.  Apparently the Peacock Network didn't see fit to let us see the tribute here in the States because it "wasn't tailored for the U.S. audience."  No, I'm not kidding.

Can you imagine the BBC opting to cut out a tribute to 9-11 at a future Olympics held in the States because it wasn't "tailored for a UK audience"?  If that happened, suffice to say the switchboards at BBC Broadcasting House would have blown a fuse.