Mastodawn

«When #TeamUSA enterd #SanSiro during parade, speed skater #ErinJackson led the delegation in2 a wall of cheers. When cameras cut 2 US VP #JDVance & 2nd lady #UshaVance, large sections of crowd responded w/ boos. Not subtle, but audible & sustained. #Canadian viewers heard them. #Journalists seated in press tribunes in upper deck, myself included, clearly heard them. But as I quickly realized frm a groupchat w/friends back home, American viewers watching #NBC did not»

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/feb/07/jd-vance-boos-winter-olympics#Echobox=1770543948

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

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

The Guardian