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02-14-2018, 02:21 PM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 127,819	NBC turned its Winter Olympics snowboarding coverage into the Shaun White show https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/sh...-snow-god.html The now three-time Winter Olympics gold medalist is "a scintillating performer, and a remarkably clutch one," says Josh Levin and Justin Peters. But NBC tried to portray him with a "bogus" "triumph-over-adversity tale" that failed to mention the sexual assault lawsuit he settled and his unpopularity with fellow snowboarders. "NBC’s coverage of White demonstrates it’s incapable of acknowledging that the greatest athletes can sometimes be the biggest jerks," says Levin and Peters. "The network likes to portray its American Olympic heroes as cuddly, wholesome, and likable, even when they’re nothing of the sort. As a storyline, 'Shaun White: Greatest Snowboarder Ever' pales in comparison to 'Shaun White: Greatest Snowboarder Ever and a Super Nice Guy.' NBC needed us to want White to win—to see his victory as an unambiguous triumph."