Summary of Media’s Coverage of the Olympics Clause Samples

Summary of Media’s Coverage of the Olympics. The 2018 Winter Olympic Games bring an interesting contrast among the smaller and larger newspapers. At the local level, Grani and Gorod draw attention to the lack of enthusiasm their audience has for the Latvian National Team for the former, and the 209 The Baltic Times Staff, “Estonian President, PM, Culture Minister to Attend Winter Olympics” 210 The Baltic Times Staff, “Estonian President, PM, Culture Minister to Attend Winter Olympics” 211 The Baltic Times Staff, “Swedes Find Sigulda Track Suitable for Holding Olympic Events.” lack of enthusiasm for the Olympic games for the latter. The papers seem to be representative of the local Russian-speaking community’s sentiment towards the Olympic Games, as they take surveys, compile fairly basic data, and publish the collected results for readers. This is local news’ way of representing its readers and reinforcing Russian-speaking ideological narratives through what may appear to the average person as telling and sound data. Vesti and Delfi also cover the Olympics—but while Delfi covers the general IOC ban and the ensuing criticism from the Latvian skeleton coach, Vesti highlights the distasteful decision by the IOC to humiliate the Russians. Vesti describes the decision as humiliating and limiting to the athletes who will be in attendance, by forcing them to perform under a neutral flag. Euronews’s presentation of the IOC’s decision to ban the athletes highlights the nature and reason for the ban, describes notable people who will be banned, and finishes by mentioning what Russian participation will look like in the 2018 Olympics. While the article is tailored to a Russian-speaking audience, the information is not opinion based and does not carry a particular slant. The Baltic Times articles are comprehensive in their overview of the topics they cover, but they don’t focus on the IOC and Russian participation in the 2018 Olympics. The Baltic Times aims to be informative on the Olympics, presenting two Olympic-related topics by collecting and disseminating relevant information while not delving into political debate or straying from the paper’s focus by covering sports.