It's not just a matter of upsetting the government. People don't watch the Olympics for politics so I would have edited out the boos too despite having no love for Vance.
I don't expect that the cheering for Ukraine was due to their performance in sports.
If you remove booing because it is political, then political cheering should be in the exact same category.
The point is, that it is not up to the media to shape reality. Their job is to spread knowledge of it, as it is, not as they want it to be or as some want it to be
I'd say it's like at a graduation. You can clap for a student on stage if you want to, and more popular students will naturally get more clapping, but you're not supposed to boo anyone at all.
I don't think that broadcasting the Olympics is "spreading knowledge" - the Olympics is a performance, and removing segments where things don't go according to plan is like removing outtakes from a movie.
It would be hilarious to see Trump on skis though, or in pretty much all other olympic disciplines. 'Old man tries not to die on ice' is a show I might watch.
I'd pay good money for the Mango Mussolini to compete in the bobsledding, luge, downhill skiing, ski jump, or any other event where the poorly prepared face a significant risk of severe injuries up to and including death.
Aren't all for-profit companies obsessed with profit? At the very least those with stocks. Yes, it's an obsession, but it's so normalised that writing it out feels like a pleonasm.
Someone had an empathic sympathizer to make that call.
Poor choice. Our creep of a veep has displayed subhuman views on multiple occasions. He should be treated as an invasive species.
Tarred, feathered and vasectomized by a mob.
We don’t wish him dead. Just the aforementioned.
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panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 141 pts · 200d
Basically all American news is censored and fake now.
Anything that could upset the government is removed.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 30 pts · 200d
I feel I need to speak out on behalf of smaller, independent outlets that still do real work in the USA. I listen to a few podcasts myself.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 200d
That’s fair, the large and billionaire owned news os bad though, and that’s all the mainstream ones.
EisFrei@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 200d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 10 pts · 200d
It's almost* never a good sign when a German term has an English Wikipedia page.
* notable exception: Rechtsstaat
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · -103 pts · 200d
It's not just a matter of upsetting the government. People don't watch the Olympics for politics so I would have edited out the boos too despite having no love for Vance.
grue@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 200d
The Olympics is literally a competition between countries. Of fucking course it's political!
More to the point, coverage in other countries did not edit it out. This was uniquely American censorship/spin.
AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social · 55 pts · 200d
Americans shoehorned politics on everything.
But suddenly, when something can upset the egomaniac pedofile in charge, "not everything has to be about politics".
Go back to your hole, we don't like your kind here.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 200d
There was massive cheering when Ukraine entered. Would you have edited that too?
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · -29 pts · 200d
No, because I don't think cheering and booing are in the same category here.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 200d
Can you explain?
I don't expect that the cheering for Ukraine was due to their performance in sports.
If you remove booing because it is political, then political cheering should be in the exact same category.
The point is, that it is not up to the media to shape reality. Their job is to spread knowledge of it, as it is, not as they want it to be or as some want it to be
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works · -4 pts · 200d
I'd say it's like at a graduation. You can clap for a student on stage if you want to, and more popular students will naturally get more clapping, but you're not supposed to boo anyone at all.
I don't think that broadcasting the Olympics is "spreading knowledge" - the Olympics is a performance, and removing segments where things don't go according to plan is like removing outtakes from a movie.
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 200d
I won't even try to discuss this with you sorry.
I_Jedi@lemmy.today · 20 pts · 200d
Thank you for your concern, but I have thick enough skin to handle some booing.
thericofactor@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 200d
People don't watch the Olympics for politics, but this is news. They should cover it unless they are no longer unbiased.
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 200d
Everything is politics.
vpol@feddit.uk · 56 pts · 200d
Next, they’re going to only show sports where US athletes win.
Since it’s the Winter Olympics, they’ll start editing to make it look like US athletes win every time. Like in North Korea.
Or, even better. They should show that Trump represents the country in every single discipline and wins.
Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz · 20 pts · 200d
Next year, The Trump Games. Trump competes in all events and wins them all. No expense spared. No other competitors allowed.
testaccount372920@piefed.zip · 23 pts · 200d
It would be hilarious to see Trump on skis though, or in pretty much all other olympic disciplines. 'Old man tries not to die on ice' is a show I might watch.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 200d
I'd pay good money for the Mango Mussolini to compete in the bobsledding, luge, downhill skiing, ski jump, or any other event where the poorly prepared face a significant risk of severe injuries up to and including death.
Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 200d
Most of the events will only be done in ai.
TheFogan@programming.dev · 9 pts · 200d
don't they actually have something like that in russia, like their top hockey team has to fake losing to putin like he's a make a wish kid?
Edit: found video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgbI55HdqQs
vpol@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 200d
Unfortunately, this year he’s going to threaten every country that wins.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 33 pts · 200d
Same thing Eurovision lied about doing for the apartheid promoting contestant.
Never trust profit-obsessed media conglomerates to stand up to fascist regimes unless you force them to by ruining profitability.
IOW: everyone should boycott the Eurovision song contest, NBC, and all companies associated with them in any way.
A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 200d
Aren't all for-profit companies obsessed with profit? At the very least those with stocks. Yes, it's an obsession, but it's so normalised that writing it out feels like a pleonasm.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 200d
HubertManne@piefed.social · 21 pts · 200d
ooooh. now im going to be searching for the booing. its great for nbc to let us know it was just that good.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 200d
It's there a video of this where we can hear them? They were censored completely.
HelloDingo@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 199d
Right there on YouTube!
BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 200d
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 199d
"Appears to cut." That's because they cut it.
6stringringer@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 200d
Someone had an empathic sympathizer to make that call. Poor choice. Our creep of a veep has displayed subhuman views on multiple occasions. He should be treated as an invasive species. Tarred, feathered and vasectomized by a mob. We don’t wish him dead. Just the aforementioned.
EfreetSK@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 200d
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions" JD Vance probably
DontRedditMyLemmy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 200d
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CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 200d