Comments on: NBC Olympics Coverage Deserves No Medal http://themoderatevoice.com/21795/olympics-coverage/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 12:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/21795/olympics-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-131491 superdestroyer Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:18:15 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/olympics/21795/olympics-coverage/#comment-131491 T-Steel, <br><br>I always suspected taht the networks play up basketball in order to attract black viewers. To me the sports can can be seen in other venues, "basketball, baseball, tennis" are the worst olympic sports because everyone knows what the sports is suppose to look like. However, few american know what badmitton or dressage is suppose to look like. <br><br>If you saw the comments by Cincinatti Bengal Chad Johnson on ESPN's PTI you probably saw what most blacks think about the Olympics. T-Steel,

I always suspected taht the networks play up basketball in order to attract black viewers. To me the sports can can be seen in other venues, “basketball, baseball, tennis” are the worst olympic sports because everyone knows what the sports is suppose to look like. However, few american know what badmitton or dressage is suppose to look like.

If you saw the comments by Cincinatti Bengal Chad Johnson on ESPN's PTI you probably saw what most blacks think about the Olympics.

]]> By: T_Steel http://themoderatevoice.com/21795/olympics-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-131489 T_Steel Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:45:19 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/olympics/21795/olympics-coverage/#comment-131489 Hey SD, black folks like the Olympics too! *rolls eyes*<br><br>I'm an Olympics slappy. Doesn't matter time zones, events, scandals, etc. I just love the Olympics. Why I just the other day, I was watching this great archery match between China and South Korea (women's) and the.... .... I'll stop.... Hey SD, black folks like the Olympics too! *rolls eyes*

I'm an Olympics slappy. Doesn't matter time zones, events, scandals, etc. I just love the Olympics. Why I just the other day, I was watching this great archery match between China and South Korea (women's) and the…. …. I'll stop….

]]> By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/21795/olympics-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-131488 StockBoySF Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:38:29 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/olympics/21795/olympics-coverage/#comment-131488 I find women's beach volleyball boring, too, :) Though come to think about it perhaps I can catch up on my sleep while volleyball is on. I guess I should be thankful for women's beach volleyball after all! ;) I find women's beach volleyball boring, too, :) Though come to think about it perhaps I can catch up on my sleep while volleyball is on. I guess I should be thankful for women's beach volleyball after all! ;)

]]> By: christoofar http://themoderatevoice.com/21795/olympics-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-131487 christoofar Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:22:59 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/olympics/21795/olympics-coverage/#comment-131487 I wasn't aware that women's beach volleyball was considered "boring"..I stand corrected. I wasn't aware that women's beach volleyball was considered “boring”..I stand corrected.

]]> By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/21795/olympics-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-131486 superdestroyer Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:12:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/olympics/21795/olympics-coverage/#comment-131486 The oddest party about Olympics coverage is that ESPN, the sports network, is barely covering it while NPR and PBS have staffs of reporters in China <br><br>The Olympics have become just another trendy item of "Stuff White People LIke." The oddest party about Olympics coverage is that ESPN, the sports network, is barely covering it while NPR and PBS have staffs of reporters in China

The Olympics have become just another trendy item of “Stuff White People LIke.”

]]> By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/21795/olympics-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-131485 StockBoySF Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:53:38 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/sports/olympics/21795/olympics-coverage/#comment-131485 I agree we in California can watch them live, or at a much more sensible time since they're taped, than at midnight. If they're live at 10 pm in NY, then, as you pointed out, why can't they be live at 7 pm in California? For those of us who work NY hours in California, watching until after midnight in CA is like watching them until after 3 am in NY, and then you have to be up for work in a couple hours. All week I've found myself beginning to doze in my office in the mid to late afternoon. At least I can close my door.<br><br>Also I hate all those friggin' commercials. I timed it one night and in the span of an hour there were more commercials than games. I agree we in California can watch them live, or at a much more sensible time since they're taped, than at midnight. If they're live at 10 pm in NY, then, as you pointed out, why can't they be live at 7 pm in California? For those of us who work NY hours in California, watching until after midnight in CA is like watching them until after 3 am in NY, and then you have to be up for work in a couple hours. All week I've found myself beginning to doze in my office in the mid to late afternoon. At least I can close my door.

Also I hate all those friggin' commercials. I timed it one night and in the span of an hour there were more commercials than games.

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