Lawmakers call out NBCU on Chinese influence on Olympics telecast

[Bob Jersey]

Two GOP members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee want the rightsholder to answer their politically-flavoured questions... production chief Molly Solomon told Mike Tirico in a video interview "the athletes do remain the centerpiece of our coverage", but the overall situation in the People's Republic won't be completely ignored...

https://deadline.com/2022/01/olympics-china-republicans-ask-nbcuniversal-about-communist-influence-1234919430/ (link)

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[PGage]

There is a predictable percent of partisan bullshit sprinkled in here, but the basic questions are fair and should be answered. The BS ratio gets higher the more some of them move towards suggesting NBC should get the location of the games move, or even refuse to air them (if Congressional Republicans want to formally boycott the Olympics they should take steps themselves, not put the blame on Comcast).

But I would like to know if NBC is feeling constrained in their editorial decisions by China, either due to financial pressure, or perceived threat of harm to NBC personnel, or other Americans.

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