NBC's Olympic FAIL

NBC's Olympic FAIL
By Ed Scarce — August 4, 2012

Just when you thought NBC's Olympic coverage, with their tape-delayed nonsense, couldn't get any worse they pull this boneheaded move.

via YouTube

After Gabby Douglas won the gold and Bob Costas spoke about how amazing this was for the first African-American to win the women's all-around gymnastics title, NBC aired a commercial of a Monkey doing gymnastics which has caused quite a stir. Racist, or just bad timing?

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