Olympic sponsors paid big money for the Beijing Games. So where are all the ads? – CNN

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CNN’s David Culver compares the political climate of the two Olympics and examines how the US-China relationship has soured in the interim. “},{“title”:”Bob Costas shares personal story on Beijing’s playbook of repressing criticism”,”duration”:”02:48″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/sports/2021/12/07/beijing-olympics-diplomatic-boycott-bob-costas-sot-ebof-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”sports/2021/12/07/beijing-olympics-diplomatic-boycott-bob-costas-sot-ebof-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211207145517-screengrab-bob-costas-ebof-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/sports/2021/12/07/beijing-olympics-diplomatic-boycott-bob-costas-sot-ebof-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/winter-olympics-2018/”,”description”:”Veteran American sports commentator Bob Costas joins CNN’s Erin Burnett to discuss the u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/us-diplomatic-boycott-winter-olympics/index.html” target=”_blank”>Biden administration’s decision u003c/a>to partially boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. “,”descriptionText”:”Veteran American sports commentator Bob Costas joins CNN’s Erin Burnett to discuss the u003ca href=”https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/06/politics/us-diplomatic-boycott-winter-olympics/index.html” target=”_blank”>Biden administration’s decision u003c/a>to partially boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. “},{“title”:”‘Egregious’: Psaki says human rights abuses reason for Olympics boycott”,”duration”:”01:17″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/12/06/jen-psaki-2022-winter-olympics-boycott-china-human-rights-abuse-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/12/06/jen-psaki-2022-winter-olympics-boycott-china-human-rights-abuse-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211206144837-jen-psaki-olympics-boycott-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/12/06/jen-psaki-2022-winter-olympics-boycott-china-human-rights-abuse-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/winter-olympics-2018/”,”description”:”White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced that US diplomatic officials will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a protest against Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang.”,”descriptionText”:”White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced that US diplomatic officials will boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a protest against Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang.”},{“title”:”Columnist: Real concern Olympic athletes going to China will not be safe”,”duration”:”01:57″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2021/12/06/white-house-boycott-2022-winter-olympics-beijing-china-nr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2021/12/06/white-house-boycott-2022-winter-olympics-beijing-china-nr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211206140457-gordon-chang-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2021/12/06/white-house-boycott-2022-winter-olympics-beijing-china-nr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/winter-olympics-2018/”,”description”:”The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic representatives to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a protest against Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. CNN’s Ana Cabrera speaks with Newsweek columnist Gordon Chang about how China might react.”,”descriptionText”:”The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic representatives to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a protest against Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. CNN’s Ana Cabrera speaks with Newsweek columnist Gordon Chang about how China might react.”},{“title”:”Author says Xi Jinping pressing Biden to make decisions WH doesn’t want to”,”duration”:”02:26″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2021/12/06/biden-olympic-boycott-chang-mattingly-nr-intv-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2021/12/06/biden-olympic-boycott-chang-mattingly-nr-intv-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211115110823-01-joe-biden-xi-jinping-split-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2021/12/06/biden-olympic-boycott-chang-mattingly-nr-intv-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/winter-olympics-2018/”,”description”:”CNN’s Phil Mattingly talks to author Gordon Chang about reporting that the Biden administration is expected to announce that no US government officials will attend the 2022 Beijing Olympics, implementing a diplomatic boycott of the games.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Phil Mattingly talks to author Gordon Chang about reporting that the Biden administration is expected to announce that no US government officials will attend the 2022 Beijing Olympics, implementing a diplomatic boycott of the games.”},{“title”:”China faces host of challenges as Winter Olympics loom”,”duration”:”02:38″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/sports/2021/12/02/china-beijiing-winter-olympics-2022-omicron-boycott-culver-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”sports/2021/12/02/china-beijiing-winter-olympics-2022-omicron-boycott-culver-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/211202101424-china-beijiing-winter-olympics-2022-omicron-boycott-culver-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx-00001904-large-169.png”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/sports/2021/12/02/china-beijiing-winter-olympics-2022-omicron-boycott-culver-pkg-intl-ldn-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/winter-olympics-2018/”,”description”:”As the two-month countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics approaches, a new Covid-19 variant of concern is spreading around the globe. A recent #MeToo scandal involving China’s top tennis star and a retired top Communist Party leader, the ongoing mistreatment of the Uyghurs and other controversies have also piled further pressure on Beijing as calls for a Games boycott surface. CNN’s David Culver reports.”,”descriptionText”:”As the two-month countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics approaches, a new Covid-19 variant of concern is spreading around the globe. A recent #MeToo scandal involving China’s top tennis star and a retired top Communist Party leader, the ongoing mistreatment of the Uyghurs and other controversies have also piled further pressure on Beijing as calls for a Games boycott surface. CNN’s David Culver reports.”}],’js-video_headline-featured-zy8luj’,”,”js-video_source-featured-zy8luj”,true,true,’winter-olympics-2018′);if (typeof configObj.context !== ‘string’ || configObj.context.length