Letter to the editor: Not watching the Olympics
Hey NBC (“Nothing But Commercials”) and United States Olympic Committee: You have a big problem. And the following point isn’t even covid-19 related.
You’re paying millions of dollars to broadcast the Olympics from Japan. You would like the American people to watch the events and the commercials that paid you for their opportunity to show and sell their products. But when you have athletes who supposedly are representing America, and they refuse to honor the country by refusing to honor their national anthem properly, then I’m not watching the Olympics! And when I go online to see what companies have paid you to broadcast “games,” I’m not buying their products, either.
This was a discussion at my weekday morning coffee klatch with the guys and gals. A Vietnam veteran mentioned that he couldn’t honor the athletes who couldn’t honor the country that gave them the freedom to participate in a “game” and the freedom to do so overseas, and for which he fought.
My klatch won’t be watching NBC or buying the products, and definitely not buying the hypocrisy. I hope others agree.
Congratulations; you “woke” our group up!
Robert Stoerkel
White, Pa.
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