This is really quite hilarious. You wonder if the Babylon Bee crafted this.

TOKYO — Viewers watching the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on South Korean TV were treated to a series of confusing and inappropriate imagery, the broadcast network has admitted.

MBC, one of South Korea’s larger networks, is now apologizing for the “inappropriate” photos and captions that flashed across the screen as participants entered the Olympic Stadium on Friday, such as the image of Chernobyl that accompanied the Ukraine team’s entrance, and the photo of civil unrest in Haiti used during the Haitian team’s entrance.

Other confusing choices included pictures of salmon for the Norwegian team, pizza for the Italian team and sushi for the Japanese team. At one point, MBC even displayed a photo of a promotional Bitcoin poster when the El Salvador team was shown on screen, the Agence France-Presse reported.

Some of the captions were equally surprising, with the Marshall Islands being described as a former nuclear test site for the U.S., and Syria’s caption making a reference to the ongoing Syrian Civil War, Reuters reported.

On Saturday, MBC issued a formal apology on its website and social media channels, offering “no excuses” but admitting that production had been rushed.

“We respectfully apologize to all the people and viewers,” reads a translated message posted to MBC’s Facebook page. The statement acknowledged that MBC used “some inappropriate photos” during the countries’ introductions, but the network promised to take follow-up actions so as not to repeat the mistake.

“MBC recognizes the seriousness of this issue that occurred in the Olympic Games … We’ll make sure similar accidents don’t happen again.”


link: https://wgntv.com/japan-2020/s...ic-opening-ceremony/

Of course, it's not that any of the references or captions are untrue...

Sounds like a programming employee there has a sense of humor that they all could use more of. Sort a digital version of someone that does celebrity roasts at award shows.

The Olympic Games have become a joke of their former self and mostly a major marketing exercise.
Much like the entertainer/actor awards shows, they all seem to think they have much more credibility and relevance than anyone else thinks they do.

Sounds awesome! Makes me want to watch the olympics.

Given that there is no love lost between Koreans and Japanese, some humor is perhaps the best one could hope for.
I wonder how Japan's entry was portrayed?

The TV equivalent of "reply all".

quote:

Originally posted by sjtill:
Given that there is no love lost between Koreans and Japanese, some humor is perhaps the best one could hope for.
I wonder how Japan's entry was portrayed?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sushi.

quote:

Originally posted by sjtill:
Given that there is no love lost between Koreans and Japanese, some humor is perhaps the best one could hope for.
I wonder how Japan's entry was portrayed?

Scenes of Japanese soldiers decapitating Korean and Chinese civilians?

Sorry no Rape of Nanking.

What did they do for the US?

Anyone else assuming the Korean that did it is already dead?

quote:

Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
What did they do for the US?

I think they showed a pregnant man.

quote:

Originally posted by 1s1k:

quote:

Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
What did they do for the US?

I think they showed a pregnant man.

quote:

Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
Anyone else assuming the Korean that did it is already dead?

Wrong Korea. You're thinking of North Korea, the communist shithole where people are executed for minor slights. This was South Korea.

^^That's correct. NoKo decided not to participate in the 2020 Summer Olympics over Covid concerns.

quote:

Originally posted by RogueJSK:

quote:

Originally posted by Krazeehorse:
Anyone else assuming the Korean that did it is already dead?

Wrong Korea. You're thinking of North Korea, the communist shithole where people are executed for minor slights. This was South Korea.

Oh, my bad. Reddin’ is fundamental.

quote:

On Saturday, MBC issued a formal apology on its website and social media channels, offering “no excuses” but admitting that production had been rushed.

Rushed? They only had an extra year to work on it...

quote:

Originally posted by 1s1k:

quote:

Originally posted by flesheatingvirus:
What did they do for the US?

I think they showed a pregnant man.

Racist pancake syrup?

They must've hired the intern from the NTSB that pranked the local news station.