Over the past few days there has been much Criticism of the US TV coverage of the Olympics, and this has been noted over in the UK. Im not in a position to say wether this is justified or not, however it has been reported in The UK papers
As America succeeds at the Games, back home all the talk is about #NBCfail - Olympic News - Olympics - The Independent
There was feverish anticipation for the debut of the USA men's basketball "dream team", who began their hugely hyped Olympic campaign yesterday afternoon. But you wouldn't have known it by turning on a television in their home country.
While Kobe Bryant and other big names in US sport were completing a 98 to 71-point victory, viewers of American network NBC were forced to watch edited highlights of a women's cycling race that had been completed several hours earlier.
It was the latest in a string of mis-takes by the broadcaster, whose coverage is sparking ridicule from TV critics and outrage from the US public. For most of the weekend, the phrase "NBC Fail" was trending on Twitter.
The broadcaster's nadir, however, perhaps occurred during the opening ceremony, which it refused to allow Americans to watch live.
NBC however has not taken this lying down, it's reported on Twitter that they have taken to complaining to Twitter about peoples comments.
with the result that the Journalist who wrote the article above has had his account suspended on Twitter. after NBC apparently complained about his comments there.
Twitter / KevinJRawlinson: My colleague @guyadams' Tw ...
My colleague@guyadams' Twitter account was suspended after@NBC complained about his tweets criticising the network's#Olympics coverage
The Idea that a news company should seek to censor others is utterly outrageous, and at the very least should result in a personal appology and his reinstatement.
Update Heres the reporters version of events
#NBCFail: Journalist at The Independent has Twitter account suspended after complaining about NBC's coverage of London 2012 Olympics - Americas - World - The Independent
On Friday afternoon, like every resident of America, I was not watching the Olympic opening ceremony.
Instead, I was sat at home, quietly fuming at the fact that NBC, the US network which purchased rights to the entire Games, had come to the conclusion that it would be a good idea delay broadcast of this global news event until the evening prime-time, roughly nine hours after it had finished.
This being the era of Twitter, I did not have to suffer in silence. At around 2pm, I began posting a series of messages complaining about the company’s hugely-cynical policy. One of them suggested that frustrated viewers voice their complaints to Mr Gary Zenkel, the President of NBC Olympics.