Before the Sugar Bowl, the stadium held a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorist attack in New Orleans, after which Georgia and Notre Dame fans gathered to loud chants of “USA!”

However, the event’s exclusive broadcast partner, ESPN, chose not to show viewers the moment live or afterward. ESPN also decided to have commercial breaks during the national anthem.

OutKick asked ESPN what was behind the decision to skip a powerful moment of unity after such a devastating massacre just 24 hours earlier. Unfortunately the network did not respond.

In a response to the New York Post, ESPN blamed the decision on a timing issue.

“However, a source familiar with the situation told the Post that several factors contributed to the national anthem and moment of silence not being broadcast, particularly the awkwardness of the transition from a commercial break,” the details report said.

How practical. And dishonest.

As Clay Travis noted on X, ESPN controls the broadcast timing. Broadcasters decide well in advance which parts of the pre-game festivities they will show and which they will not. Therefore, the Super Bowl broadcasters always have enough time to broadcast the national anthem (and now the black national anthem). In addition, ESPN will broadcast the moment of silence on its sister station SEC Nation, which is known to have a less mainstream audience.

To put it simply, ESPN made the conscious decision in advance not to show the anthem and the minute’s silence.

“That’s why @espn said they didn’t cover the national anthem or the moment of silence for terror victims because of a ‘time issue,'” Clay commented. “However, the @SECNetwork showed both.” And ESPN, as a television network, controls the clock. You’re obviously lying. They chose not to report on it.”

ESPN also did not show the Notre Dame players running on the field with the American flag. Probably another “timing problem”. Or something like that.

Why would ESPN choose not to broadcast the anthem and honor the victims of the attack? For the same reasons, the broadcaster refused to clearly label the massacre for what it was: a terrorist attack.

Instead, the network described the news as a “truck attack,” as if there was no ISIS-supporting monster behind the wheel of the truck.

We remind you that ESPN broadcast almost every second of the NBA playoff bubble in 2020, when players knelt before the national anthem on behalf of the Marxist political organization Black Lives Matter.

There were no “time problems” back then.