Why does our US news media rank by total medals and not by total gold medals for the Olympic games?
November 18th, 2008
Anne asked:
According to the International Olympic Committee, The ranking is sorted by the number of gold medals. In a gold medal tie, the ranking is then sorted by the number of silver medals, and in a gold + silver medal tie, the ranking is then sorted by the number of bronze medals. As such, aren’t most US news media, including Yahoo! Olympic coverage, intentionally misleading us when they rank by total medal instead of gold medals?
Peggy
According to the International Olympic Committee, The ranking is sorted by the number of gold medals. In a gold medal tie, the ranking is then sorted by the number of silver medals, and in a gold + silver medal tie, the ranking is then sorted by the number of bronze medals. As such, aren’t most US news media, including Yahoo! Olympic coverage, intentionally misleading us when they rank by total medal instead of gold medals?
Peggy
