• “The swastika-like Manji appears on the front of . . . CBS’s prime-time studio in Nagano, and was seen during Olympic coverage last weekend.”
  --New York Post
• “This Buddhist symbol has to do with solar movement. It’s important to remember the German swastika goes counter-clockwise, but the Buddhist has a clockwise direction.”
  --Vishakha N. Desai, Asia Society
• “Far more apparent was the Nike Swoosh, which was pasted all over the
  apparel of the network’s announcers.”
  --Associated Press
• “That has a pretty big impact for Nike. You’re talking about seventeen days of prime-time coverage.”
  --Fred Fried, Integrated Sports International
• “CBS . . . has turned its announcers into billboards.”
  --AP online
• “CBS did . . . minimize the views of the Manji symbol. We would be so lucky if a similar strategy were employed for the Swoosh.”
  --The Arizona Republic

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