NBC: Who Are They Kidding?

Planet Milward

Published by Stephen Milward in Politics · Saturday 07 Feb 2026 ·  1 minutes
Tags: NBC, Who, Are, They, Kidding, television, media, entertainment, news, criticism, analysis, broadcasting, audience, ratings

NBC, the American network, reported on the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan.  Or did they?

When Vance, the far-right American vice president was heckled by the crowd, NBC didn't air the audio.  No-one remarked on the boos, no-one heard them.  They covered up the boos.  American audiences were deceived.  Why?

Are they scared of Trump?  The British press isn't (i).

Watch Vance being booed:

I'm glad that the Israeli athletes were also booed.  I certainly would have done it if I'd been there.  It may seem petty, but we need to show our disgust of the Israelis and the genocide.

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The Guardian: NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast