Rick Scott Pushes NBCUniversal On Double Standard, Not Airing Golden Globes But Giving China’s Xi ‘A Platform To Whitewash His Horrific Crimes’ With Olympics

In the most recent exchange between Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) and NBCUniversal, Scott is calling on the network to support human rights after noting a double standard in the network’s decision not to air next year’s Golden Globes over diversity issues but to continue with plans to air the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, China — despite the network’s own reporting on China’s human rights abuses.

In a statement on Tuesday, Scott said that “NBC’s own reporting has detailed the horrors faced by Uyghurs in Xinjiang and the genocide being committed against them by the government of Communist China. Yet this American network continues to turn a blind eye to Communist China’s atrocities when it comes to allowing Beijing to host the 2022 Olympic Games, apparently preferring instead to give General Secretary Xi a platform to whitewash his horrific crimes with the grand spectacle of the 2022 Olympic Games.”