Maybe. But it could have played either way, with better press for Romber had they won.
Over the last few weeks, I've noticed that entertainment writers, fed by the show's PR people who already knew who won, were ALL writing negative things about Romber. (Earlier it was 50-50) That translated into more viewers, but also set up expectations for U&J, the "nice" people, to win and for the "rotten" people to lose.
I was a huge Romber fan, and noted the negative turn with great dismay. It seemed predictive. Boo hiss once again to the media for dumping on talented, bright, great-looking Romber and to the TAR editors who showed them in the worst possible light. If anyone believes that they were the only team badmouthing the competition, I have a nice bridge for sale. Truth is, the other teams hated them from the start of the race because they didn't "deserve" to be in the race.
Good point! I hadn't really thought about it from that perspective because I like Rob and Amber. Funny how once again the competetive, strong players are hated, while the "nice" pc underdogs are lionized. Kind of like America in general. Romber represents the capitalist ideal.