With no spectators allowed at the Tokyo Olympics, the friends and families of athletes are getting together to watch the competition together on TV.
But these “watch parties” have not been enough to boost the ratings of the games, which have been called “a bust” for NBC. In the first three days of the competition, viewership was down between 32% and 46% from what it was in the early days of the Rio Games in 2016.
This could be because these games are so unusual. They’re taking place in 2021 because of the pandemic, yet still called the 2020 Olympics, and the usually packed stands are empty.
But could it also be that conservatives’ frustration with “woke” athletes and social-justice protests are showing up in Nielsen ratings?
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Read the Deseret News:
https://www.deseret.com/2021/7/31/22596245/olympics-viewership-down-are-conservatives-responsible-nfl-football-tokyo-gwen-berry-simone-biles
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