Morning Jolt: Worst. Olympics. Ever.

On the menu today: The worst Olympics in history are coming to a close, and even NBC seems to have had it with the International Olympic Committee's bumbling incompetence and longstanding blind eye to corruption; what the heartbreaking, cringe-inducing, and outrage-stirring scandal involving Kamila Valieva can tell us about that other big ongoing story involving Russia; and confronting the concept of "reality privilege."

A Debacle Draws to a Close

Ten days ago, this newsletter noted that the opening days of the Genocide Games — er, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing — had generated a "cataclysmic loss of audience" for NBC. Over the past week or so, the audience size hasn't gotten any better — and it's not just here in the United States:

Television ratings for the Beijing Olympics are off by 50 percent from PyeongChang levels in 2018, which ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 18 2022 WITH JIM GERAGHTY February 18 2022 Worst. Olympics. Ever. On the menu today: The worst Olympics in history are coming to a close, and even NBC seems to have had it with the International Olympic Committee's bumbling incompetence and longstanding blind eye to corruption; what the heartbreaking, cringe-inducing, and outrage-stirring scandal involving Kamila Valieva can tell us about that other big ongoing story involving Russia; and confronting the concept of "reality privilege." A Debacle Draws to a Close Ten days ago, this newsletter noted that the opening days of the Genocide Games — er, the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing — had generated a "cataclysmic loss of audience" for NBC. Over the past week or so, the audience size hasn't gotten any better — and it's not just here in the United States: Television ratings for the Beijing Olympics are off by 50 percent from PyeongChang levels in 2018, which ...   READ MORE

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