American social networks have been outraged over how their media streamed a censored Sochi opening ceremony, with Twitter recently spotting a new popular hashtag #NBCFail.
A lot of American households had to switch to Canadian
and British channels in a desperate attempt to get some unbiased
coverage of the event after NBC, who monopolized the right to cover the
Games, started streaming a heavily-censored ceremony in the Russian city
of Sochi with a ten-hour delay. Basically, all the good pieces about
Russia were ruthlessly "doctored" out of the video.
Both
US media and TV audience have confirmed that many of the ceremony’s
highlights were simply clipped, including a song by Tatu, a Russian
police choir performing Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" and some of the
Communist-themed scenes in the show.
NBC did not
hesitate to delete the congratulatory speech by IOC chief Thomas Bach
who thanked Russia and its Sochi Organizing Committee for doing a great
job. It’s also a riddle wrapped up in enigma why the TV channel decided
to do without the Sochi talismans show.
Many Americans
have complained they could not stream Sochi Games footage via free
mobile apps. As of now, the only place to watch uncensored Sochi
coverage is paid-for channels.
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