TV Network Sorry for Stereotyping Countries During Olympics
MBC flashed a photo of Chernobyl for Ukraine’s team and one of Dracula for Romania.
Clive Brunskill/Getty
A South Korean TV network has apologized for the batshit graphics it used for other countries as they entered the Olympics Opening Ceremony: Chernobyl for Ukraine, Dracula for Romania, civil unrest for Haiti. The New Zealand Herald reports that after screenshots of the stereotypes ricocheted around social media on Friday, MBC issued a mea culpa: “In today’s Opening Ceremony broadcast, inappropriate photos were used when introducing countries like Ukraine and Haiti. Also, inappropriate photos and subtitles were used for other countries.”
South Korean broadcaster MBC used images to "represent" each country during the #Tokyo2020 Opening Ceremony.
— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) July 23, 2021
Italy: pizza
Norway: salmon
Haiti: upheaval
Ukraine: Chernobyl pic.twitter.com/KpUXATuZld
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