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The world heard JD Vance being booed at the Olympics. Except for viewers in the US
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this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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NBC said they didn’t do anything. I was watching something online which was specifically supposed to be showing the booing but I couldn’t hear it either. It was obviously there because there’s been so much about it, maybe it was about where the mics were.
They commentators mentioned it as it was happening too. Likely not nbcs, but the video I saw they did
That was probably cbc. Their reaction has been shared a lot.
My understanding is that the host country supplies the feeds for all events. Broadcasters that get the rights to broadcast are choosing what feeds to broadcast, adding their own commentary, doing their own editing. They also film their own "local" interest and interviews. Host countries can't have each broadcaster fighting over where to place cameras, etc. The sound would have been part of the host country's live feed. I saw a small snippet of the CBC (Canada) broadcast and the commentators commented on the booing when the feed showed Vance, but it was hard to hear in the broadcast itself. I think the issue is that while the other broadcasters acknowledged it, NBC did not. I did not see the NBC snippet myself.
It was quiet on feeds. I could hear it on headphones, but on tinny built-in speakers you probably couldn't.
It didn't feel like a particularly malicious edit to me, though. The commentators were obviously avoiding politics, perhaps under order, so not bringing it up is consistent.