"It’s not everyone’s inalienable right to get whatever they want. We are charged with making smart decisions for our company, for our shareholders and to present the product the way we believe is best."
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That’s the guy at NBC who’s more or less behind the decision to show you your Olympics sports on a multi-hour tape delay. You see, world? Your Olympics are a “product,” and watching them aren’t your inalienable right, per your friends at NBC. (via newsweek)
Anyone who believed the Olympics were anything other than a product, especially given the rampant commercialisation of the Games over the last few decades, has only been fooling themselves.
That said, it completely sucks.
(via newsweek)
