NBC has responded to complaints and claims that its Olympics coverage was tinged with some homophobia.
The net's Olympics President, Gary Zenkel, issued an apology for the NBC reporting team's failure to mention on air that gold-medal diver Matthew Mitcham is gay and has a partner, who was there rooting him on. That's in stark contrast to the Peacock nets coverage of straight athletes an their partner.
Says the NBC rep:
“We regret that we missed the opportunity to tell Matthew Mitcham’s story. We apologize for this unintentional omission.”
Sorry is not good enough!
NBC should also make a promise to be more inclusive when the next Olympic games - the Winter games - roll around.
That would be a positive step!
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