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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)

sick to my stomach

That a basic, seemingly inherent human and civil right – the right to equality under law – can be put up for a vote is abhorrent to me. And that rights that have been granted by government can be taken away via referendum is doubly abhorrent. The scary side of referenda reared its ugly head …

04/11/2009 – 01:08 | By randomduck | Posted in government, politics, theocons | Tagged , , | Comments (1)