In this article written by Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Sports, the visit of Russian President, Vladimier Putin to the U.S. Olympic Committee’s headquarters is covered. The article covers what was spoken about upon his visit and outlines despite the rumors and constant badmouthing of Russia by the U.S. reporters, he was there to make sure everyone was happy and enjoying their visit to their Country. Despite the U.S. President Obama’s lack of respect, Russian President Putin put his best foot forward and welcomed the U.S. team to Sochi, Russia.
Unlike most articles printed about the Olympics in Sochi, Russia I find this article to be the least biased of all the articles reported since the beginning of the Olympics. Reporting the true actions and candor of the Russian President Putin and highlighting true and accurate details of the U.S. Teams response to his arrival at headquarters. The visit was gracious and really meant as stated in the article…. “was most concerned that the U.S. athletes are happy with the conditions-venues, the village, transportation, volunteers-at the Sochi Games,” Blackman said. USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said politics never came up during President Putin’s visit. It seems that when the visit was requested that politics would surely have been the motivation of the visit but as laid out in the article you can see that was not the general reason for the visit to the headquarters.
Although there may be some speculation about special interests in this article, I am inclined to think that this is reporting at its finest being that the American reporter did not stand to gain anything from reporting truthfully on the visit or its motivation. In fact I stand to think that she probably caught a little flak for the article being that so many others are reporting on Sochi, Russia and the Olympics in a crucially negative light since before the Olympic Games even began. Most reporters writing on President Obama’s embarrassing non-involvement in the opening...