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Nina Totenberg, Legal Reporter for NPR doesn’t root for Americans in the Olympics. She wants everyone to win.

“I sort of like other countries to win a fair number of medals, it’s supposed to be an international competition, and it’s nice when other countries win. I don’t root for us particularly.”

Typical left-wing kook. She can’t even cheer for her country in the frigging Olympics? I’m almost waiting with baited breath for the press statement that says she supports the athletes but not the games.

Those guys go out there an bust their asses to represent us. They take pride in representing their country and are usually the best of the best in what they do. Totenberg’s “I don’t root for us” quote is symptomatic of the citizen of the world mentality that is ruining the american media.

I don’t want other countries to win any medals. If there are 30 medals available, I want them all in American hands when the games are over. You won’t find me cheering on Finland in the biathlon just so they can have a medal too.

As Tim Graham notes, this is just more proof that the left wing elements in the media are seriously out of touch with average everyday Americans with the added irony that this detachment comes from someone on National Public Radio, an organization that exists at the behest of the people of this country. Most americans are proud and cheer the hell out the athletes working their asses off wearing Team USA uniforms. The disconnect demonstrated by Totenberg’s comments make it quite obvious she, and many like her, have no clue what it’s like to be an average everyday american.

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March 1st, 2006 | Category: Liberal Bias, Media Morons, Sports
  • I thought Italy was the home team.
  • Dave
    "If you're not gonna cheer for the home team, get out of the stadium."

    Part of the fun of spectator sports is cheering for one side, even if you feel they don't stand a chance of winning. Taking the moral high ground (being neutral) removes all the emotion out of watching sports.
  • What do you mean by "I'm above it"?
  • So is the "I'm above it" shtick. :roll:

    I guess you and Nina would get along swell...
  • Patriotism is overrated.
  • No, it doesn't make them more important, however, doesn't it give you a sense of pride that these guys represented your country so well?
  • And that makes them more important than the other athletes who may or may not be better at whatever it is they're attempting?

    Honestly, I spent most of the time trying to figure out some of the "sports". Snowboarding is extremely boring.
  • Because they're our guys and girls representing our country?
  • You weren’t cheering for our guys or feeling a little misty when they were standing on the medals podium and our anthem was playing?


    Was I supposed to? If so, why?
  • When I was watching the Olympics I was wondering why the hell nationality even mattered.


    Is this a serious question? In the Olympics the TEAMS are NATIONAL, that's why nationality matters.

    Justis-- Last I checked, Vinny is a Mets fan. Regardless, the point is national pride, which many people are lacking in this country because it's not politically correct to love America.

    Last week I said to an immigrant friend (re: the Danish cartoons and subsequent riots) "freedom of expression doesn't mean you will be free from offense. No editorial justifies violence." To which she replied in a very condescending tone "that's a VERY American way of thinking." :shock: Umm, born and raised in the US (with immigrant parents, no less), living in the US, proud of the US-- am I supposed to think like a Frenchman??
  • You weren't cheering for our guys or feeling a little misty when they were standing on the medals podium and our anthem was playing?
  • Huh. When I was watching the Olympics I was wondering why the hell nationality even mattered.
  • 1. The average american likes it when teams kick ass in the olympics.

    2. What the hell is a fair number of medals?

    3. She doesn't root for the athletes who are there representing her country?

    4. The fact that she can't bring herself to be proud of our guys and cheer for them is emblematic of this third person view that american media outlets feel they must take for some reason. It's never "our troops," it's "american troops." It's never "our country," it's "the united states." Her disdain for our athletes is emblematic of the kind of attitude most in the media have toward our country.
  • justis
    Wow - that was spin worthy of Coulter or Hannity!

    So Totenberg is a kook and is out of touch with America because she "sort of like[s]" it when other countries win "a fair number" of medals?

    That makes you an out-of-touch kook too since you live in New York and don't cheer for the Yankees, right?

    [the] quote is symptomatic of the citizen of the world mentality that is ruining the american media.


    :shock:
  • You know full well those other countries aren't out rooting for us infidels to win any medals.

    Geez. I'm sooooo sick of people taking the greatness of this country and all it stands for for granted. If it wasn't for this country and their residency in it, she wouldn't be able to say what she said so freely.
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