Media Watch -- NBC Under Scrutiny

NBC News writer Carlos Angerer examines the first week of the 2014 Winter Olympics and explores whether Russian president Vladimir Putin's "$50 billion dollar bet on Sochi will pay off."

Wall Street Journal writers Matthew Futterman and Gregory L. White feature IOC chief supervisor for the Sochi Games, Jean-Claude Killy's"first public explanation" for the "rocky" start of the Winter Olympics. Futterman and White say Sochi has suffered because "key elements of the massive project simply weren't finished when the Games opened."

TheLos Angeles Times says NBC is under fire for its "post-race interview" with United States snowboarder Bode Miller.

Time Sports writer Eliana Dockterman also covers reactions to Bode Miller's post-race interview with NBC reporter Christin Cooper. Miller has since come forward to defend Cooper, who brought him to tears after he clenched the bronze medal in the men'a alpine skiing super-G.

Despite Miller's defense, New York Times reporter Richard Sandomir says NBC "pushed too far" in bringing Miller to tears.

Los Angeles Timesreporter Steven Zeitchik highlights the"compelling, but also awkward" television momentsexperienced so far during NBC's "very broad" coverage of the Sochi Games.

Star-Telegram's Gil Lebreton says NBC is driving the public "Olympics crazy." Lebreton adds, "To NBC, the Winter Olympics are a TV show, not just a sporting competition."

Deadline's Dominic Patten takes a closer look at NBC's Sochi Olympic ratings so far. Patten says the ratings are "down from Vancouver 2010, but even with Torino 2006."

ESPN's Jim Caple comments on the warm weather and fog in Sochi. "This is my sixth Winter Olympics, and I never saw sights such as those in Lillehammer, Salt Lake City, Nagano, Torino or Vancouver," Caple writes.

NBC News writer Erin McClam features reactions from athletes and spectators after a "soupy fog" in Sochi delayed competition on Monday.

New York Times writer David M. Herszenhorn reports on the first incident at the Sochi Games involving a protest over gay rights. Vladimir Luxuria, a transgender former member of the Italian parliament, was detained by Russian authorities on Sunday after holding up a sign that read, "Gay is OK," at the Olympic park.

The Guardian's Shaun Walker says "critics of corruption and environmental violations" in Russia are staying quiet while athletes' expected attacks on Russia's anti-gay law "fail to materialize."

Compiled byNicole Bennett

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