Ratings for Beijing Olympics tank; 2022 opening ceremony hit all-time low in TV viewership



Thus far, the 2022 Beijing Olympics have been an absolute flop. The ratings for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics hit all-time lows.

On Saturday, NBC Sports revealed that Friday’s full-day opening ceremony coverage averaged "nearly 14 million TV-only viewers."

The viewership plunged 43% from the opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which had 23.8 million people watching the international sporting event.

"The previous low over the last three decades was the 1992 Barcelona games, which had 21.6 million viewers," noted The Wrap which added, "The high watermark for an opening ceremony was the London Games in 2012, when more than 40 million tuned into NBC’s tape-delayed coverage."

Deadline reported, "A paltry 8.7 million tuned in on NBC in primetime see the pre-taped Mike Tirico and Savannah Guthrie-led coverage of the propaganda-heavy spectacle put on by Chinese President Xi Jinping and filmmaker Zhang Yimou."

The coveted advertising demographic of adults ages 18-49 averaged only a 1.2 rating, plunging 68% from 2018 (3.7) and plummeting 80% from 2014 (6.0), Sports Media Watch reported, adding, "The rating in adults 18-34 was a mere 0.7, down 73% from ’18 (2.6)."

The disastrous ratings are crippling news for NBCUniversal. In 2014, NBCUniversal paid a whopping $7.75 billion to the International Olympic Committee for the broadcast rights to the Olympic Games from 2021 through 2032. "The deal covers six Olympics, from 2021 to 2032, and gives NBC rights to all media platforms including TV, internet and mobile," according to USA Today. Previously, NBC paid $4.4 billion for four Olympics between 2011 and 2020.

A Morning Consult poll taken a week before the Beijing Olympics asked more than 2,000 American adults why they wouldn't be watching the 2022 Winter Games.

The most common reasons people gave as to why they weren't watching the Beijing Games was a lack of interest in the events (65%) and no interest in the athletes (57%).

There was 40% of Americans who said they weren't watching the Winter Olympics is because it was hosted by China.

Of the people polled, 57% of Democrats said they planned to watch some of the Beijing Olympics, compared to 40% of Republicans and 35% of independents.

Many conservatives are boycotting the Beijing Olympics over China's human rights record. On Twitter, the hashtag #GenocideGames has trended in recent days in reference to the Chinese Communist Party's abuse of Uyghurs, which includes a reported million Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang internment camps.

Russia and China agreed to a 'no limits' relationship at the Beijing Olympics



The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are off to a strong start for America’s enemies.

During the first day of the Winter Olympics, China and Russia declared a “no limits” partnership. Chinese and Russian leadership agreed to support each other in their respective efforts to expand their borders to include the currently independent nations of Taiwan and Ukraine.

According to Reuters, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the two came to the consensus that their new relationship was “superior to any Cold War-era alliance” and that the two nations “would work together on space, climate change, artificial intelligence and control of the internet.”

Reuters reports that Xi Jinping supported Russia’s demands to exclude Ukraine from NATO and Vladimir Putin agreed to oppose any form of national independence for Taiwan. Both China and Russia have become increasingly aggressive as they seemingly prepare to invade sovereign nations they believe are theirs to reclaim.

Daniel Kritenbrink, the State Department’s leading East Asia diplomat, said, “If Russia further invades Ukraine and China looks the other way, it suggests that China is willing to tolerate or tacitly support Russia’s efforts to coerce Ukraine.”

President Putin endorsed China’s stance that Taiwan is an “inalienable part of China.”

Whereas Russia continues to insist that it is not planning an invasion of Ukraine, Xi Jinping has made clear that it is a matter of “when” and not “if” China makes a move on Taiwan.

Xi Jinping condemned the membership of NATO and how its member states continually inflate their influence while excluding Russia. The Chinese President also supported Russia’s demands for security guarantees from its rivals in Western Europe.

In a joint statement, Russia and China said, “Friendship between the two States has no limits, there are no ‘forbidden’ areas of cooperation.” This new agreement pushes the two country’s friendship to new levels.

During the Xi-Putin meeting, China agreed to a natural gas deal with Russia estimated to be valued around $118 billion and Putin promised to increase exports to China.

This agreement marks the most detailed and aggressive statement of Russia and China’s efforts to recalibrate the global pecking order by unseating the United States as the hegemon. And, the symbolism of its timing cannot be understated. During an international festival that the United States subjected to a diplomatic boycott, America’s two greatest geopolitical rivals more-or-less agreed to usurp the United States.

Russia and China may not be formally allied, but the countries’ new agreement brings them closer than ever before.

'Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government, because they are ruthless': Pelosi warns US athletes against condemning China during the Olympics



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is advising American athletes not to speak out against China while attending the 2022 Beijing Olympics, noting that they could draw the ire of the nation's "ruthless" government.

"I would say to our athletes, you're there to compete. Do not risk incurring the anger of the Chinese government, because they are ruthless. I know there is a temptation on the part of some to speak out while they are there. I respect that," Pelosi said, while noting that she is concerned about what China's government might do to those athletes' reputations and families.

Pelosi made the comments while delivering remarks Thursday at a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing.

But the congresswoman did note the importance of calling China out for its abysmal record of human rights abuses.

"The People's Republic of China is perpetrating a campaign of gross human rights violations, including genocide," Pelosi said. "While we fully support and will root for our athletes, we cannot and will not be silent on human rights in China."

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The U.S. announced in December that it would engage in a diplomatic boycott of the Olympics. "U.S. diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the face of the PRC's egregious human rights abuses and atrocities in Xinjiang, and we simply can't do that," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said during a press briefing.

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon has called it "shameful" that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is planning to show up at the Beijing Olympics.

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