NBC refers to decades of Soviet communism as 'pivotal experiment'; Spit-takes ensue [video]

Earlier today, Garry Kasparov accused NBC Sports of pushing Putin propaganda. This latest downplay of decades of communism probably won’t make Kasparov change his mind about the network that’s airing the Sochi Olympics.

Many viewers of the opening ceremony couldn’t believe their ears when the narrator referred to decades of Soviet-era communism as a “pivotal experiment”:

https://twitter.com/rorycooper/status/431950684020174848

NBC's narrator referred to communism as a "pivotal experiment"-Interesting word choice to describe an era that caused so much misery & death

— Jamie Brooks (@jb_brooks3) February 8, 2014

"Pivotal experiment?" That's what Soviet communism was @NBC? Is that what the gulags were too? Experiments?

— Matt Exotic (@MattCover) February 8, 2014

https://twitter.com/HannahDannetitz/status/431949335056908288

#1917 Soviet murder of millions & totalitarian communism = "pivotal experiment." #nbcolympics opening feature segment. #sochi2014.

— J. Christian Adams (@ElectionLawCtr) February 8, 2014

@ElectionLawCtr @instapundit Well, you cannot make an omelet without a 'pivotal experiment'.

— Andrew Stuttaford (@AStuttaford) February 8, 2014

https://twitter.com/Tark31/status/431956880135430144

The USSR was a "pivotal experiment"? Dang, @NBCOlympics, that's rather offensively euphemistic. I prefer Reagan: "Evil Empire." #Sochi2014

— Andrew Ledbetter (@dr_ledbetter) February 8, 2014

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Calling Communism a "pivotal experiment" is really putting it gently, NBC #OpeningCeremony

— Andrew Stevens (@apstevens6) February 8, 2014

Looking forward to NBC's coverage of the next Olympics in Germany and that nation's "pivotal experiment" in finding a "final solution".

— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) February 8, 2014

Wow. There’s downplaying, and then there’s downplaying. Did Putin get to personally edit NBC’s scripts?

What’s next for NBC?

Over/under on when NBC calls Obamacare a pivotal experiment after it fails and they're pushing for single payer?

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) February 8, 2014

Update: Here’s a Vine video of the “pivotal experiments” narration:

Yes, the NBC Olympic coverage referred to Communism as "one of modern history's pivotal experiments" https://t.co/nJALwWNYNN

— TLC (@TracyLConnors) February 8, 2014

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