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829: Sportswashing | Skeptical Sunday
The Jordan Harbinger Show
The Power of Sports Washing
Qatar took children from other countries and brought them to Qatar to play soccer. In the World Cup, really? That's insane. So that, my friend, is sports washing 101. I presume Qatar is not the only nation to garner influence through sports. It's actually fascinating how something as simple as a bunch of athletes kicking or throwing a ball around can have real effects on the world stage. The Berlin Games in 1936 were an international advertisement for Hitler's Germany. Like Putin after news broke of Russia's doping scandal, Hitler was left red-faced when African-American Jesse Owens won four gold medals - but just three years later he started World War II.
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