FIFA put the kibosh on the armbands: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/11/21/world-cup-one-love-armbands-yellow-cards/
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 2:27 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > This is helpful. I have watched the first two matches, and currently in > the 12th minute of the Wales-US match, and have been waiting for some > mention of the human rights issues. So far, nothing. They do show shots of > Beckham, but without the obvious context. > > Also, I see the Euros decided not to go with the Rainbow armbands? > > I was not attending to the fact this was Fox (probably would have guessed > ESPN), though yes, now that I think of it I do see the Fox bug in upper > left. > > On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 at 10:19 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> When asked at a press conference whether they would report on the >> horrible track record regarding human rights of Qatar as part of their FIFA >> World Cup coverage, Fox Sports said something like "the fans want to see >> the World Cup" (NBCU's Telemundo, which has the Spanish language rights to >> the tournament, says they and NBC News in English will report on the home >> of the event). Considering that government-owned Qatar Airways is a major >> sponsor of the coverage and has made it possible for Fox to have live >> announcers at every venue for every match (while, as in the past, TEL's >> Andres Cantor will make his trademark "GOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!" call from >> studios at Universal City), it is no surprise that they made the >> remark--and there was nothing on foxsports.com about the decision to not >> sell alcohol at venues (while that was on TEL's website): >> >> https://wapo.st/3EPSeDt >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/bdd9463f-4f99-4f3d-b225-bc4cf5b4cfean%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/bdd9463f-4f99-4f3d-b225-bc4cf5b4cfean%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BSFoFxh4pe3vaeMrxa-OPuHUz6Ey1m7%3DCCEhgEM%3DD_uA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BSFoFxh4pe3vaeMrxa-OPuHUz6Ey1m7%3DCCEhgEM%3DD_uA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2Bey6S%3DLGx0k7WXakjpRHNvX-B9R9aA5t%2BfnC%2BZRq4wdwg%40mail.gmail.com.
