NBC Refutes Censorship in Coverage of Olympic Gay Diver Matthew Mitcham
Posted on August 27, 2008
Filed Under Gay Wired, News
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.
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