You probably haven’t heard much — if you’ve heard anything at all — about US athlete Kim Rhode, even though she’s just made history by becoming the first woman to win a medal in six straight Olympic Games. Why the media silence? Probably, says Andrew Stiles at Heat Street, because she’s a skeet shooter — which means she “used a gun to win her medals, even if it’s the kind of gun that most gun-control advocates don’t want to ban.” Moreover, “Rhode spoke at the Republican convention in 2012, and is a vocal defender of the Second Amendment.” So while fencer Ibtihaj Mohammed garners acclaim for competing while wearing hijab, “predictably, Rhode has not received anywhere near the accolades — whether from feminists or the media — for her historic accomplishment.”
Congrats to her! But no shock the leftist media will bury it....
You can look for a conspiracy about anywhere, I guess, but if you are not in the big 3-4 sports, you are going to get less coverage.
Are you equally (mock) outraged for the lack of coverage for Ian Millar?
OK.... maybe synchronized, um.... whatever, gets a good deal of negative comments too.....
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The wrestling community reacted en masse when the reign of 16-time world champion and Olympic medalist Saori Yoshida, a living legend and pioneer in the sport, came to an end at the hands of 24-year-old American Helen Maroulis.
The response from NBC? Hardly a peep."
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