Earlier this month the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics taking place in China in a few weeks. U.S. athletes will still be competing at the Games, however.
Japan has also announced that they won’t be sending a government delegation to China in February:
Japan says it will not send a government delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February, a move likely to deepen tensions with China. https://t.co/fLVnNwl1yk
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 24, 2021
MSNBC senior producer Kyle Griffin caught some attention with this tweet describing the “alleged” reason for U.S. and Japan’s diplomatic boycott of the Olympics in China:
Japan has decided not to send senior officials to the Beijing Olympics in February — a move that will align it with the U.S. diplomatic boycott over China's alleged human rights abuses.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 26, 2021
One word in that tweet caught so much attention that it trended on Twitter:
Congrats on allegedly trending. https://t.co/q9lLhD3YjW pic.twitter.com/EAWxA6xhKk
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) December 27, 2021
How many claims about Trump has MSNBC presented as fact while human rights abuses in China are only “alleged”?
Alleged?
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) December 27, 2021
His employer is broadcasting the Olympics so he can't exactly be honest with us.
— Ron Franklin (@RonaldBFranklin) December 27, 2021
NBC might frown upon any negative talk about China at this point in time:
You know, I think I'm starting to catch on as to why people at MSNBC blame American presidents for covid deaths over the country that literally caused all of this. https://t.co/EfP5HQQo0Y
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 27, 2021
That would be why pic.twitter.com/sOhVdIxiUZ
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 27, 2021
Your style guide is allegedly compromised. pic.twitter.com/gGy8BcxuxJ
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) December 27, 2021
So that’s the reason Griffin trod so lightly around the issue of China’s human rights abuses… allegedly.
2 Democrats in Congress sent a letter to NBCUniversal CEO in mid December calling for commitment from the broadcaster to provide background on human rights abuses over there in China during coverage of Olympics.
MSNBC Senior producer with over 1 million followers: “Alleged” pic.twitter.com/a9hZ2YJ4Ob
— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) December 27, 2021
The Chinese Communist Party thanks you for your service, Kyle.
— Erik Soderstrom (@soderstrom) December 27, 2021
“alleged,” journalist
“alleged” journalist pic.twitter.com/FGGluUQp5Z
— Razor (@hale_razor) December 27, 2021
Alleged? China is actively engaging in genocide and forcing women to kill their nearly full-term babies in abortions.
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) December 26, 2021
“Alleged” pic.twitter.com/8TXO81TMpf
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 27, 2021
I guess real journalism has consequences https://t.co/fdNpT3PWCm
— Cox (@HOLYSMKES) December 27, 2021
NBC is so far in absolutely no danger of being prevented from covering the Games in China.
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