NBC Refutes Censorship in Coverage of Olympic Gay Diver Matthew Mitcham
Posted on August 27, 2008
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NBC is denying they intentionally used censorship in the network’s coverage of Olympic gold medalist Matthew Mitcham. In a shocking upset, the openly gay diver took home a gold medal in the 10-meter platform event at the Beijing Olympics, beating out the Chinese favorites. Despite intensive coverage of other gold medalist’s personal lives during the Games, NBC failed to mention Mitcham was gay, or show footage of the diver’s partner cheering him on and congratulating him after the win.
In an interview found on YouTube.com, a gracious Mitcham thanks his mom, as well as his long-time partner, Lachlan Fletcher, after he scores the gold medal in the 10-meter platform event. The celebration and joy is apparent on both their faces as they hug and show their affection for each other on camera. It’s a fantastic moment, however, that was never shown during NBC‘s coverage of Mitcham’s triumph in the event.
Mitcham’s victory over the Chinese in the 10-meter platform was a shocking upset, especially after he failed to even qualify earlier diving event on the 3-meter platform. In what many have lauded in the press as the “perfect dive,” the Australian diver smoked the competition on his last try, pulling in an amazing score of 112.10 on his final dive—the highest individual dive score ever during an Olympic competition. Mitcham had been behind favored Chinese diver Zhou Luxin by
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