NBC Nailed for Insensitivity with Plane Crash Skit

The blogs are out in full force on the intro of tonight's Emmys. Unfortunately, even more than who actually won any awards, the buzz has been about the opening skit which features a plane crash starring Conan O'Brien.

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The criticism mounts after a real plane crash in Lexington, KY left some 49 people dead. The crash occured at 6AM local time. The Emmys went on the air some 12 hours later leaving plenty of time for NBC officials to re-write the opening intro.

Tim Gilbert, President and GM of NBC's local affiliate WLEX said it best:

They could have killed the opening and it wouldn't have hurt the show at all. We wish somebody had thought this through. It’s somewhere between ignorance and incompetence.

The video of the tasteless skit can be found over at Hot Air by clicking the link below.

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