NBC Censors Family of Gay Gold Medalist Matthew Mitcham

[swimmernsecretsea]

From GayWired.com:
By GaySports.com Staff | Article Date: 8/25/2008 11:26 AM

The world watched with awe as out gay diver Matthew Mitcham brought home the gold medal for Australia on the 10-meter platform this past weekend.

Now, in an interview found on YouTube.com, a gracious Mitcham thanks his mom, as well as his long-time partner, Lachlan, who was able to be in Beijing with him thanks to the Athlete Family Support Program grant of $5,000 provided by Johnson & Johnson. (Read more about Mitcham's journey to the Olympics at Advocate.com.)

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Despite intensive coverage by NBC of other Olympic athletes' families, it is interesting to note that Mitcham's partner received virtually no attention during the network's coverage. As Yahoo! Sports reported this weekend, NBC did not include any mention of Mitcham's partner in the network's coverage of his gold medal win. The network did not even pan to Mitcham's family cheering him on from the stands, as they have done for virtually every other medalist at the Games.

Link to complete story with link to video below:

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tm33-KoxXA

Source:
http://www.gaywired.com/article.cfm?id=20093§ion=67

[fascisthunter]

1. Not Good for NBC..... I Will Never Watch their Station again...

and I will tell my friends about this so they will boycott companies that air commercials with them.

[Zodiak]

8. They also ran the Swiftboat Ayers ad against Obama

...during the closing ceremony.

They like their war profits and don't want anyone messing with them.

[fascisthunter]

9. It's What Average Americans are Up Against... BIG MONEY INTERESTS

[DebbieCDC]

2. Makes me even happier I boycotted that crap

[swimmernsecretsea]

3. I watched both the events at 440 Castro, a bar.

Everyone cheered the medalists Phelps and Mitcham from there, and we saluted their victories.

Fuck you, NBC.

[Zuiderelle]

4. Appalling really.

:(

[Duncan Grant]

5. I followed this story yesterday in GD.

FYI: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3846210

Brace yourself. :hi:

[Der Blaue Engel]

7. What a charming and unexpected display of...er...unmentionable-phobia

Back when I had an ignore list, that would have provided an ample supply of new blood for it, but these days I like to see all the ugly laid out there. Lets me know who I'm really dealing with. Uncensored DU has been an "enlightening" experience, to say the least. x(

[Duncan Grant]

10. It's even "better" today than yesterday.

:hi:

[IndianaGreen]

6. This corporate behaviour by a public broadcaster cannot be tolerated

It is no different from shunning the accomplishments of Jackie Robinson because he was Black.