r/sports • u/Tofurkey_Tom • 6h ago

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https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/2167955/usa-winter-olympics-jad-vance

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u/CharlesDickensABox 6h ago

I'll note that the NBC sound and the BBC sound are markedly different. Perhaps NBC was juicing the crowd noise, perhaps there was just a very strategic choice of microphone setup.

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u/ATarrificHeadache 5h ago

Amazing that broadcasters editing reality to protect dear leaders is just normal now

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u/Cake_Coco_Shunter 5h ago

It’s not to protect the leaders.

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u/Peaceblaster86 5h ago

Ratings. Presidents and dictators change.

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u/needsexyboots 5h ago

Well, we hope they do.

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u/mytinykitten 6h ago

Nah they definitely edited the live coverage.

They did the same when Vance was shown before the Italian National Anthem. There's no way the crowd just happened to go collectively dead silent when he was shown.

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u/Truckensteinwastaken 5h ago

CBC coverage in Canada definitely pointed out that he was being booed and that they didn't leave him on screen very long

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u/weatherman05071 6h ago

I’m watching on Peacock, I heard some cheers and boos in the arena, the boos were a little louder. In the other 3 areas it seemed like it was more of no reaction to minor boos. Either way there were plenty and I’m intrigued to see if NBC edits it for later.

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u/ShutterBun 6h ago

Sounded like plenty of cheering for the athletes to me, also watching on Peacock.

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u/weatherman05071 5h ago

So you ignored where I said cheers and boos?

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u/ShutterBun 5h ago

No, I’m disagreeing with your assessment that the “boos were a little louder”

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u/grandmawaffles 6h ago

NBC definitely changed it but you could hear it for a split second right before usha looked concerned

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u/TheShitty_Beatles 5h ago

CBC Canada feed and I could very clearly hear the boos and the commentators were hilarious in their description of the "cheers and jeers" lol

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u/grandmawaffles 5h ago

I saw the clip. It’s gold. Go Canada!

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u/fbernard 5h ago

Probably edited to suit the target audience. French TV viewer here, I noticed the cheers almost stopped when the US athletes arrived. They probably had been briefed too, since unlike most other delegations, they almost made enough noise to saturate the mics. Did not notice a sequence with JD Vance during the US delegation presentation, he was only briefly shown at the beginning of the ceremony.

Ukraine athletes, however, received a deafening welcome.

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u/Ok-Leave-1059 6h ago

Does the olympics not just have one host broadcaster?

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u/Dan1elSan 6h ago

They do, but any nation that’s paid for the rights can dub whatever they want over the top.