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A video is being shared widely on social media with a false claim it shows genuine coverage of Paris Olympic events being censored on Iranian broadcasts.

In the footage being shared, women are shown competing in events, including high jump, hurdles, and diving, with parts of their body obscured by superimposed black rectangles and stars.

But the clip, which has been circulating on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), with the caption: “this is how Iran broadcasts the Olympics”, is not a genuine Iranian broadcast of the Olympics.

It comes from a 2013 satirical video, which can be seen on the YouTube channel of a Farsi-language satire show OnTen. 

In the full video, the comedians in the skit discuss how to censor sports that do not meet Iran’s dress codes for women….

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Hosting the Olympics is a complicated, time-intensive job. But suffice it to say, that once you take it, you expect to see it through to the end. That’s not exactly the case for one of NBC’s Olympic hosts, with Colin Jost exiting his correspondent job at the Olympics early. But what happened to Jost and why is he coming home early?

Why is Colin Jost Not Hosting the Olympics Anymore?

Deadline reported that Jost would not be continuing with his hosting duties due to the numerous injuries he suffered on the job. Jost was in Tahiti reporting on…

Martha Stewart and her “darling” Snoop Dogg reunited at the Paris Olympics, proving once again why they are friendship goals.

The longtime friends, who go together like peanut butter and THC, teamed up for coverage of the Olympic dressage competition on Aug. 3. They wore matching horseback riding attire, including show coats and helmets.

Martha Stewart and her “darling” Snoop Dogg reunited at the Paris Olympics, proving once again why they are friendship goals.

The longtime friends, who go together like peanut butter and THC, teamed up for coverage of the Olympic dressage competition on Aug. 3. They wore matching horseback riding attire, including show coats and helmets.

Before their shared hosting gig, Stewart was asked to rate Snoop’s Olympic fashion, which has been as much of a viral sensation in Paris as his one-of-a-kind analysis and nonstop cheering at seemingly every event involving Team USA.

Stewart gave her take on Snoop’s various outfits in Paris while looking at a collage of them onscreen on TODAY Aug. 2.

“There’s two I like the most,” Stewart said. “I like the one with the scarf because that is so…