Dan Gillmor

Trump has so thoroughly brought Big Journalism to heel that NBC makes a transparently hollow denial that it covered up the Olympic audience's booing of JD Vance. The denial is a pathetic but telling lie. It tells us a lot about the network's disintegrating integrity.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/09/nbc-hid-the-boos-for-jd-vance-wheres-trumps-unfair-editing-lawsuit/

NBC Hid The Boos For JD Vance. Where’s Trump’s ‘Unfair Editing’ Lawsuit?

If you watched NBC’s prime time broadcast of the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, you saw Vice President JD Vance in the stands at San Siro Stadium in Milan with his wife, Usha. Th…

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Feb 10 at 5:42amFedica
Show threadMichael VilainFeb 10
@dangillmor After all the practice NBC got from editing out the smoke from Pam Bondi's crucifix whenever she wore it on camera, I'm sure dealing with just boo-washing the sound was child's play.
Show threadDźwiedziuFeb 10
@dangillmor
Booooo!
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 10

@dangillmor those #cowards are too busy licking #Trump's #boots!

#USpol #PressFreedom #fascism #Amerikkka

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] #PressFreedom in the #USA is a bad joke, because #MSM, epeachally the big corporate press, are just #cowards. - The only reliable sources I know are @[email protected], @[email protected] and @[email protected] / #DWnews. TBH, giving the #US a [ranking between Sierra Leone and Gambia](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/116042875935565028) and not straight-up next to #Russia is already way too lenient by #RSF / #RWB… #USpol #PressFreedom #fascism #Amerikkka

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Show threadAndrocatFeb 10

@dangillmor It's a performative lie.

They don't need anyone to believe it.
They just need to avoid embarrassing the king, and to deny having had to lie to do so.

The denial doesn't have to be believable.

In fact, it serves several purposes of the regime that it is not.

Show threadRiley S. FaelanFeb 10
@dangillmor *disintegrity
Show threadMagnus AhltorpFeb 10
@dangillmor They must have bought the Eurovision anti-booing technology.
Show threadMark MasonFeb 10
@dangillmor big journalism isn’t following the right wing agenda it’s leading it.
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Feb 10
@dangillmor I remember when we used to make fun of regimes who did this....
Show threadMaier AmsdenFeb 10
@dangillmor The DNC is incapable of upholding the #TrumpPrecedent. They'll get their bribes the old fashioned way - by kissing oligarch ass, not lawsuits designed to warp the news.
Show threadSteinar BangFeb 10

Booing of Vance wasn't hidden in Europe.

Europe doesn't like Vance much. It is a point of worry that if Trump goes for one reason or other, Vance is next.

Europe like and trust Vance even less than Trump (which at first wouldn't seem possible).

Show threadVictor WesterhuisFeb 10

@steinarb The EBU muted booing of Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2024 (https://theintercept.com/2025/05/17/eurovision-censored-israel-booing-free-palestine/).

European media are happy to protect fascism just as much as USAmerican media.

(Insert obligatory "not all media" here)

Audio Analysis: Eurovision Broadcaster Muted Sounds of Crowd Booing and Shouting “Free Palestine!”

Despite Eurovision denials, an audio analysis shows booing and a “Free Palestine!” cry during Israeli singer Eden Golan’s 2024 performance.

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Show threadStage name Jay PeachFeb 10
@dangillmor Boycott ‘em all!!!!
Show threadTruth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦Feb 10

@dangillmor

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Show threadWorldTravelerAll7Feb 10

@dangillmor

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NBC joins ABC & CBS as being weak, pathetic, fascist appeasers. Fox has been deep in Dotard Tumor's colon for a decade now