NBC’s Olympic-Sized Bias: 13 Times More Coverage to Russian Anti-Gay

Matt Philbin
February 6th, 2014 8:47 AM
Journalists love to preen as human rights watchdogs, congratulating themselves publicly for their roles – real or imagined – in securing the life and liberty of the downtrodden. That is, as long as it’s the right sort of downtrodden.  Take, for example, NBC’s coverage in the run up to the Sochi Winter Olympics. Because of Russian restrictions on gays’ free speechfor homosexuals, the official…