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Ryan Lochte’s Evolving Story Faced Little Resistance From NBC
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This viewpoint in the NYT says U.S. Olympic swimmer Lochte's story of being robbed at gunpoint should have received more vetting by NBC TV channel which carried the Olympics from Rio live in 2016. It says NBC's broadcasters did not ask the necessary questions and go into details when Lochte told his story to NBC, and once the story looked questionable held onto it for too long. Brazilians are angry about the story denigrating Brazil's image in the world. The U.S. Olympic committee apologized to Brazil for the incident.
U.S. television channel NBC and its coverage of the U.S. Olympic swimmer Lochte's story about being robbed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
08/21/2016
NYT report points to the lack of checking on Lochte's account when NBC broadcast the story. The incident and Lochte's story which did not stand up to scrutiny damaged Brazilians perception of the U.S. It showed Brazilians think that Americans are ready to believe the worst about South American countries. Already facing problems with crime and making an effort to combat it, and in the midst of political uncertainty with lack of public approval for the Olympics, this was a failure on the part of some media channels to take this into account in making sure that what was broadcast was correct down to specific details. One newspaper compared the Lochte story to the way the media handled the Trump story, giving the hype and profanity full coverage for its sensational value at a time when news television media is struggling.
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