Tag Archives: 2010 Winter Olympics

random olympics: how not to broadcast a showcase event

I need only look at last night’s abomination of a broadcast from the National Broadcasting Corporation to see some of the worst possible chop-shop, dumbed-down sports broadcasting ever put on TV. This four-and-a-half hour long exercise in broadcast futility can be broken down thusly: The showcase event of alpine skiing, the men’s downhill, featured six …

16/02/2010 – 12:12 | By randomduck | Posted in mass media, random, skiing | Tagged , | Comments (6)

random olympics: nbc’s dumbed down games racket

For years, I’ve been critical of TV coverage of the Olympic Games by the United States media. They think that the average American is stupid. No, seriously – they do. Thee assume that, as a whole, we know nothing about sports other than baseball, football, basketball, NASCAR and hockey. They think that we’re only interested …

15/02/2010 – 16:29 | By randomduck | Posted in mass media, random, skiing | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

random olympics: tragedy and sport

By now most of my readers (hello, readers!) will have heard of the tragic death of Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili during a practice run at the Whistler Sliding Centre this morning. My thoughts are with the entire Olympic family, the teammates and coaches of Kumaritashvili, and his family and friends. That said, I hope …

12/02/2010 – 17:55 | By randomduck | Posted in random | Tagged | Comments (4)