{"id":603817,"date":"2021-07-27T14:22:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603817"},"modified":"2021-07-27T14:23:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T18:23:02","slug":"lolo-jones-says-olympic-viewership-down-because-of-political-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lolo-jones-says-olympic-viewership-down-because-of-political-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Lolo Jones Says Olympic Viewership Down Because Of Political Activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flolo-jones-says-olympic-viewership-down-because-of-political-activism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=603817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-149942940-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Three-time Olympian Lolo Jones said political activism at this year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics has viewership way down, noting that there needs be a \u201cdelicate balance\u201d between politics and sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cI think sometimes people just want to tune in to watch sports, to just watch sports, and they\u2019re not there for the political side of it,\u201d Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/olympian-lolo-jones-anthem-protests-sports\">told<\/a> Fox News.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cBut then on the athlete\u2019s side, the athletes are like, \u2018this is the biggest platform I\u2019ve ever had and I want to speak my causes,&#8217;\u201d the athlete added.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/is-anyone-watching-olympics-tv-viewers-drop-to-33-year-low\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, this year\u2019s Olympics hit a stunning 33-year low in viewership:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21.785888077859\">\n<p><em>Just 16.7 million Americans tuned in to NBC\u2019s broadcast of the ceremony, the smallest U.S. television audience to watch the event in the past 33 years, according to preliminary data from Comcast-owned NBCUniversal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFriday\u2019s audience reflects a steep drop, despite difficult comparisons with previous opening ceremonies when viewers had fewer streaming options,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/1-tokyo-olympics-opening-drew-231950728.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe Tokyo opener TV audience declined 37% from 2016, when 26.5 million people watched the Rio de Janeiro Games opener, and 59% from 2012, when 40.7 million people watched the London ceremony. \u2026&nbsp;<\/em><em>It was the lowest audience for the opening ceremony since the 1988 Seoul Games, which attracted 22.7 million TV viewers. It was also lower than the 1992 Barcelona Games, when 21.6 million people tuned in, according to Nielsen data.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/on-heels-of-stunning-loss-u-s-womens-soccer-gets-brutalized-online-for-woke-protesting\">The Daily Wire<\/a>, the U.S. women\u2019s soccer team took a devastating 3-0 loss to Sweden early Wednesday morning in their Tokyo Olympic opener, breaking their 44-game winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t the loss, but the political protesting that riled up Americans.<\/p>\n<p>All 22 players on Team USA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9809815\/US-Team-GB-womens-football-teams-knee-opening-Olympic-Games-matches.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline\">took a knee<\/a> in solidarity with the radical Marxist group Black Lives Matter before the game.<\/p>\n<p>Following the loss, many online blasted the women\u2019s team for the \u201cwoke\u201d political protest. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/on-heels-of-stunning-loss-u-s-womens-soccer-gets-brutalized-online-for-woke-protesting\">The Daily Wire<\/a> highlighted some of the outrage:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"23\">\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m so happy they lost,\u201d Daily Wire podcast host and author Matt Walsh stated bluntly. \u201cI\u2019m actively rooting against US women\u2019s soccer. I want them to be humiliated and embarrassed, just as they humiliate and embarrass our country.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The loss inspired at least a couple mocking headlines from satirical site The Babylon Bee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cInspiring: US Women\u2019s Soccer Team To Boycott Scoring Goals Until Racism Is Defeated,\u201d one of the headlines teased. Another headline read, \u201cTo Improve Olympic Chances, US Women\u2019s Soccer Team Replaced By 15-Year-Old Boys Team In Wigs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fox News host Laura Ingraham called the protesting \u201cDisgraceful &amp; ungrateful.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAlways all about them\u2014their woke brands are joke brands,\u201d the host unapologetically added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>COVID-related restrictions and the time zone difference are other factors in the low viewership, Jones said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time zone difference is incredible. You\u2019re dealing with 13, 14 hours, so most of the events are finished by the time we wake up in America,\u201d she told Fox. \u201cI think that took a lot of the\u2026fun out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only is it the fans with COVID protocols, they don\u2019t have their family and friends there, and this is what the Olympics is all about,\u201d Jones added. \u201cWhether they go there and win a medal\u2026celebrate with their family after or they go there and lose\u2026they need that support and that comfort. It\u2019s really tough on these athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/on-heels-of-stunning-loss-u-s-womens-soccer-gets-brutalized-online-for-woke-protesting\">On Heels Of Stunning Loss, U.S. Women\u2019s Soccer Gets Brutalized Online For \u2018Woke\u2019&nbsp;Protesting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time Olympian Lolo Jones said political activism at this year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics has viewership way down, noting that there needs be a \u201cdelicate balance\u201d between politics and sports.\u201cI think sometimes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-603817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}