Commercialism, Jingoism Overrun Olympic Achievements

Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR) | August 3, 1996 | Copyright

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Sports commetator Ron Rapoport says while the Atlanta Olympics is notable for many positive achievements, especially in women's athletics, the crass commercialism and jingoism may sadly be best remembered.

SCOTT SIMON, Host: As the Atlanta Olympic Games sprint to a finish this weekend, [raising his voice] athletes who are not Americans are actually winning gold medals! - not that you'd see it on television in this country. The NBC television network, which paid about the same amount of money to broadcast these Games as the Red Army paid in invading Afghanistan, has ...

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