By James Nye
NBC and the ‘Today’ show have come under fire from for their decision to air an interview with ‘Keeping up With the Kardashians’ matriarch Kris Jenner about her breast implants instead of this morning’s moment of silence at 8.46.a.m. held in memory of the victims of 9/11, the Daily Mail reported

Kardashians are well known for publicity stunts.
As ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ and ‘CBS This Morning’ carried the minutes silence from the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, viewers of NBC across the country had to rely upon their local affiliate to interrupt ‘Today’ to witness the poignant ceremonies.
While most friends and family of the victims of 9/11 were attending events at Ground Zero, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania, they expressed their shock afterwards that the network had chosen to be the only national news program not to broadcast the minutes silence.
Dennis McKeon who runs the support group  ‘Where to Turn’ for 1,500 families affected by 9/11 said that for him NBC’s decision to air the interview with Kris Jenner at 8.46 a.m. was disappointing but not unexpected.

‘I was at Ground Zero this morning so I didn’t see the interview on television, but it’s a disgrace to not show the moments silence ceremony at the time of the attack,’ said 55-year-old McKeon whose friend Jay Lennon, a Port Authority policeman died in the Twin Towers collapse in 2001.
Last year was a big deal with the 10th anniversary and the president came down and this year it wasn’t even a 1/4 of the size – which is hurtful to the family members of victims and survivors.

‘The newspapers and television stations have relegated it and the fact of the matter is that they are looking for ratings.’ Read More….

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