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02-16-2018, 08:49 PM
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Nathan Chen and Mikaela Shiffrin have forced NBC to throw out their Winter Olympics s
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...217-story.html "What had been advertised as a medal march for U.S. Olympians Shiffrin and Chen became something else altogether on NBC’s broadcast and cable telecasts in the space of a few minutes Thursday night," says Phil Rosenthal. "Something else, as in: Hey, coming up Friday, Team USA’s Lindsey Vonn competes in the super-G! Hello, Adam Rippon! Whether it was nerves, norovirus or whatever, Chen and Shiffrin were humbled. So too, presumably, were those media folks who had jacked up what had seemed justifiable expectations under which they struggled to perform." ALSO: Winter Olympics ratings hit another new low Leslie Jones has landed in PyeongChang BBC accused of being "demeaning and sexist" for referring to female Olympians as "girls" |
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