The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US.

Larniavc · 2026-02-08T06:41:56-0600

It looks like the American media is editing out content deemed not suitable for American audiences.

Is this censorship common in America?

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham

The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

www.theguardian.com

Nithavela · 2026-02-08T06:54:11-0600

"We shouldn’t be afraid of our people, even when they express views that disagree with their leadership." - J. D. Vance, 14th February 2025, Munich Security Conference.

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-08T07:36:25-0600

Larniavc said:
It looks like the American media is editing out content deemed not suitable for American audiences.

Is this censorship common in America?

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham

The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

www.theguardian.com

The American media generally would accentuate things like the booing of our VP. This may be the doing of the particular people involved in charge of broadcasting the event.

Is the booing of a leader what the Olympics are all about?

Tuur · 2026-02-08T07:38:12-0600

Larniavc said:
It looks like the American media is editing out content deemed not suitable for American audiences.

Is this censorship common in America?

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham

The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

www.theguardian.com

You'll have to talk to the National Broadcasting Corporation, who's carrying the Winter Olympics. Just let some of us know when you do; most likely they'll squirm, and some of us would find that entertaining.

As it happens, US networks can and will delete portions of broadcasts. Most famously it's putting "live" broadcasts on a delay of a few seconds in order to remove foul language. In other examples, it includes portions of live events they'd just rather we not see. Such as NFK players taking the knee during the National Anthem, precisely because that put the NFL (and by extension the network) in a bad light with many viewers. When they can't edit it out, such as that live interview at a NASCAR event where the crowded chanted one thing and the network reporter claimed they were chanting another. And that's where "Let's go, Brandon," came from.

Tuur · 2026-02-08T07:43:01-0600

chevyontheriver said:
Is the booing of a leader what the Olympics are all about?

FWIW, I consider booing the VP on-brand for them.

GoldenBoy89 · 2026-02-08T07:50:19-0600

chevyontheriver said:
Is the booing of a leader what the Olympics are all about?

No they’re about global community and inclusion which is why someone like JD got booed.

GoldenBoy89 · 2026-02-08T07:51:03-0600

Tuur said:
FWIW, I consider booing the VP on-brand for them.

Has this happened to previous US delegations?

PloverWing · 2026-02-08T07:59:17-0600

Larniavc said:
It looks like the American media is editing out content deemed not suitable for American audiences.

Is this censorship common in America?

Censorship isn't common, but marketing is extremely common. NBC wants its viewers to be in a happy mood so that they'll keep watching and therefore will keep watching all the ads. I wasn't in the editorial room, but that's my guess for the cuts they made.

I had some concern that the crowd might boo our athletes. I'm glad that didn't happen. They're athletes, not legislators. The vice-president -- eh, he's fair game.

Larniavc · 2026-02-08T08:04:53-0600

chevyontheriver said:
This may be the doing of the particular people involved in charge of broadcasting the event.

Correct. It was NBC. The BBC and other broadcasters didn’t edit out the booing.

Larniavc · 2026-02-08T08:12:32-0600

Tuur said:
FWIW, I consider booing the VP on-brand for them.

It does rather indicate what people of the world think of the current American administration.

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-08T09:14:53-0600

Larniavc said:
It looks like the American media is editing out content deemed not suitable for American audiences.

Is this censorship common in America?

The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US | Bryan Armen Graham

The real risk for American broadcasters is not that dissent will be visible. It is that audiences will start assuming anything they do not show is being hidden

www.theguardian.com

No - they did the same thing for Barack Hussein Obama

Always in His Presence · 2026-02-08T09:20:37-0600

NBC categorically denies editing crowd boos of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast

"We did not edit any crowd audio for our presentation of the Opening Ceremony."

Is it possible in that huge crowd that microphones were in different area's of the stadium?

d taylor · 2026-02-08T10:54:04-0600

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I will add a bOOOOOOOOOOOOO

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-08T10:59:41-0600

d taylor said:
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I will add a bOOOOOOOOOOOOO

So that’s what the Olympics is all about for you. For myself I will watch some skiing and will cheer on the Jamaican Bobsled team. No boos.

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-08T11:00:36-0600

GoldenBoy89 said:
No they’re about global community and inclusion which is why someone like JD got booed.

Inclusion seems to require exclusion?

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-08T11:01:09-0600

Tuur said:
FWIW, I consider booing the VP on-brand for them.

For ‘them’?

d taylor · 2026-02-08T11:01:35-0600

chevyontheriver said:
So that’s what the Olympics is all about for you. For myself I will watch some skiing and will cheer on the Jamaican Bobsled team. No boos.

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I really do not plan on watching the Olympics.

chevyontheriver · 2026-02-08T11:03:53-0600

d taylor said:
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I really do not plan on watching the Olympics.

So you just want any old excuse to say ‘boo’.

Larniavc · 2026-02-08T11:04:32-0600

chevyontheriver said:
Inclusion seems to require exclusion?

Why tolerate awful people?

d taylor · 2026-02-08T11:06:22-0600

chevyontheriver said:
So you just want any old excuse to say ‘boo’.

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No i just do not care for J.D. Vance so since the thread is about him being booed. I thought i would boo him too.

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