NBC is getting caught in some controversy today for leaving the words "under God" out of the Pledge of Allegiance in their pre-taped opening segment of the U.S. Open today:
Host Dan Hicks read a statement later during the U.S. Open telecast:
Host Dan Hicks read a statement later during the U.S. Open telecast:
"It was our intent to begin our coverage of this U.S. Open championship with a feature that captured the patriotism of our national championship being here in our nation's capital for the third time. Regrettably, a portion of the pledge of allegiance that was in that feature was edited out. It was not done to upset anyone and we'd like to apologize to those of you who were offended by it."NBC apologizes for omitting 'under God' from pledge before U.S. Open [Devil Ball Golf]
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