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If it doesnt get pointed out by the press, if it doesnt get noticed, if it doesnt get -- if it doesnt become news according to news rooms, then does the administration receive any credit? and do people feel like things are getting better? it always feels the feds and to some degree the media are always caught up in the last war, the winter covid surge is already waning in many parts of the u.s., the free tests will show up in the mail after they were most needed for some americans. whats the nex...

Will do is the very thing that you have suggested, they will acknowledge the issues at the beginning and address them only if something specific that cannot be ignored happens during the course of the games, which very well could happen. theyre also up against it because of this, the late great jim mckay said to me when i had begun hosting the olympics, remember, yes, its a sports event but its a cultural panorama, a travel log. nbc has no ability to take people around china, to have people shar...

We are two weeks away from the winter olympics in beijing and covid-19 is just one of the reasons why these games will be uniquely challenge to go cover. in the past week nbc and espn both said they are not sending the typical groups of reporters and commentators to china. they are not going, largely due to pandemic safety concerns the "today" show not going to beijing. there is this glaring issue of how the media will be able to report from a country where censorship is the norm. how free will ...

The line especially nbc universal given its incredibly expensive contracts to broadcast the games, $12 billion through 2032. nbc has a lot on the line and there are already a lot of questions about how its going to treat the host country. how its going to talk about china. whether its going to address human rights abuses and other matters. with me now legendary broadcaster bob costas, veteran of nbc, he has hosted 12 olympics. now you are with us here at hbo hosting "back on the record" on hbo. ...

They go to sochi in 2014, theyre shameless about this stuff. so this takes place not only amid covid, as did the tokyo games of a year ago, but as you mention, the restrictions on press freedom and the sense that everyone there is being monitored in some way. we had that feeling in 2008 in beijing, i think if anything its been ramped up now, and any -- it isnt just nbc, any network that broadcasts big sports events is simultaneously in a position, its quasi journalistic at best, youre reporting ...

Problem, so its very easy to bring that in when they start realizing i can utilize these skills in anything i do. >> after the class, students told me the lessons hit close to home. >> do any of you feel like you try to correct friends or family now based on what youve learned? >> yeah. >> really? >> like when covid first started, like my family thought that it was a hoax, but then i was like, this is real, people are dying and getting sick from it. i wanted to believe it was fake because i didn...