美国全国广播公司（NBC）**的2016年夏季奥运会受到媒体批评人士的广泛批评，但普通观众对该电视台两年一次的体育节目有什么问题？为了查明真相，Verge向FCC提出了一项信息自由法案的请求，要求对这两周的事件进行投诉。在联邦通信委员会的回应中，共有18项申诉被分为三类：闭路字幕不足、对非有线电视用户的歧视以及性猥亵。

NBC未能妥善处理闭路字幕的问题是一个严重的问题，我们打算进一步探讨。但FCC的投诉主要是技术性的，主要集中在何时、何地以及多长时间内闭路字幕处理不当或完全不在广播中。所以，目前，我们将重点讨论另外两个问题。

猥亵

最愚蠢、最悲伤、最具政治色彩的抱怨都与人体有关，以及有多少抱怨应该表现出来。

来自纽约的观众：

Last night 08/06/16 NBC Olympic coverage included video of naked women which was inappropriate for a the wider audience.

来自俄克拉荷马州诺曼的一位观众：

NBC's coverage of the Olympic opening ceremony displayed numerous examples of people's buttocks for the viewing pleasure on my children 9 and 5. This seems highly inappropriate for a recorded program meant to be watched by a general audience.

我最喜欢的抱怨是把勃起和摇摆的**放在同一段。来自马萨诸塞州阿特勒博罗的一位观众：

In today's world and what's c***idered entertainment it's very tough to enjoy wholesome programing as a family, from the heavily rotated sexual content on every program to overplayed ED commercials it's tough to enjoy a program as a family without being uncomfortable. I thought the Olympic try outs last night would provide us the opportunity as a family to enjoy something together. The track and field events are nothing short of minor ****ography and should be rated R to NC17 clothing that is to tight exposing male genitals is NOT what I had in mind when sitting with my family last night. Something needs to be done. Less Camera time and Slow Motion Of These Runners flip Flopping their way accross [sic] the finish line. These athletes should be required to wear an ahleletic [sic] supporter or precauti*** should be put in place by the broadcasting network to create a more comfortable family friendly program

非有线用户的痛苦

加利福尼亚州波莫纳的一位观众热情地抱怨道：

This company only gives me 30 minutes for a soccer match that lasts an hour and a half. They should have never been awarded this license. The Olympics is to bring people from the entire world together, not for overly greedy corporati*** such as these. See picture "your temporary access" sounds like a monopoly to me. There is no other source I can do... NBC is no longer a broadcast television source... they are cable! So yank or investigate their license!!!! Also this goes against NET NEUTRALITY..

观众指的是NBC决定通过各种有线电视网络和一个需要观众通过有线电视服务登录的web应用程序来主办许多体育赛事。虽然这不完全是一个“网络中立”的问题，但它确实将观众分为富人和穷人。其他投诉也出现了类似的情况。

来自俄勒冈州波特兰的一位观众：

NBC requires cable TV or satellite subscription in order to use the "live streaming" olympic coverage feature. As their network uses public air-ways I don not think they should be allowed to restrict who can view this content.

来自内华达州拉斯维加斯北部：

None of the commentators are mentioning you have to have one of there approved cable or satalite [sic] providers. Anyone using an antenatal like myself can't watch there coverage online. This is coerrission [sic] between NBC and the cable companies. I feel I am penalized because I can't afford cable and use and antenna.

来自加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳的观众：

NBC is holding online Olympic videos hostage and not making them available to people who cannot afford cable/satellite/telephone company entertainment contracts. This should be against the law. It is un-American and **acks of fasci** with the elites withholding information from the rest of US.

根据该投诉，NBC此前回应了观众的原始投诉，直接提交给该网络，并提供了视频链接，这些视频在没有有线电视或视频订阅的情况下，在观看了30分钟的内容后过期。正如我们所知，半个小时的时间还不足以让我们领略“奔跑者在终点线上翻滚前进”的威严