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Fox, sponsored by Qatar Airways which paid for their Doha set, announced it would cover only on-field action and deployed a social influencer who runs a guitar website as an expert analyst. The BBC instead had Gary Lineker open with a sober, viral recounting of every human rights concern — and got millions of views.
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The opening ceremony turns out to be a masterclass in surreal geopolitical symbolism. Celebrity after celebrity — Shakira, Dua Lipa, Rod Stewart — refused to perform, forcing Qatar's production team to reach deep into their roster and land on Morgan Freeman: the man who was the face of the very US World Cup bid that lost to Qatar in 2010, and who famously dropped his script mid-presentation [1] — Roger Bennett "After Shakira, Dua Lipa, and Rod Stewart all refused to perform, Qatar turned to Morgan Freeman — the man who was the face of the US bid th…" 14:13 . Roger floats the delicious theory that Freeman was always on Qatar's payroll and the dropped script was sabotage. Meanwhile, Fox Sports, whose Doha set was reportedly paid for by Qatar Airways [2] — Roger Bennett "Fox sponsored by Qatar Airways: Fox's World Cup broadcast set in Doha was reportedly paid for by Qatar Airways, creating a glaring conflict…" 16:51 , deployed a social influencer who runs a guitar website as their expert analyst and breathlessly declared the ceremony would be 'remembered for generations.' The BBC took the opposite approach: Gary Lineker, described as 'English Tony Romo,' opened the broadcast not with the ceremony but with a sober, two-minute recounting of every human rights issue facing Qatar — corruption, migrant deaths, LGBTQ criminalization — which Tommy and Roger praise as exactly how the World Cup should be contextualized.
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