I am watching the Olympics and I want to say...the announcers need to SHUT UP

[greenbriar]

I don't need the negative commentary and all the crap they spew, just watch it and tell us who it is


leave all the other bullshit out of it!

[lynettebro440]

1. Totally agree

mute is a very good friend too! :)

[pacalo]

2. I was just telling hubby same thing! Hubby said corporate bosses dictate this type of nonsense.

He's turned off by the Olympics because of this, plus the transparency of the pro-America overhype. I think the only thing he's watched is the basketball game.

Turning off the sound in between the events is definitely helpful.

[greenbriar]

3. am watching the diving and how the commentary points out

every flaw they think has been made

bla

[Zuiderelle]

4. I'm watching the divers right now with the TV muted and the radio on.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

10. Funny, that's what Papaw does during the Razorback basketball season

[Obamarama]

5. I was switching between NBC and Canadian coverage of the Olympics today. CBC was way better.

Very professional, intelligent commentary. None of the incessant chattering about things mundane because they don't know what the fuck else to say to fill up the sound bytes. It was refreshing.

[knitter4democracy]

6. Amen. I put it on mute.

I can't stand all the rah-rah-American crap or the constant negative comments, so I just watch and knit with the sound off.

Can't spell tonight . . .

[bigwillq]

7. Does your mute button work?

:shrug: I have the sound on but i don't pay attention to the announcers.

[madaboutharry]

8. I remember watching the Olympics as a child,

specifically the I remember the winter olympics in Sapporo, Japan. Even though I was a little kid I recall watching athletes from all over the world being covered equally.

[kwyjibo]

9. I know... that lady's voice is grating. It makes all the shit she's talking that much more annoying.

[hellbound-liberal]

12. And she has been wrong several times!

It's like she has already made up her mind to say something and she says it whether it is true or not. Very annoying!

[MiniMe]

11. What else is new. Sportscasters just like the pundits feel like they have

to be commenting on everything.

[Arctic Dave]

13. The best way to watch any sport on TV is with sound off.

It allows you to view it without prejudice from the announcers. Boxing is the best example of this.

[Scout]

14. do you get CBC/ Canadian TV? they are much better n/t

[City Lights]

15. The corprate talking heads are everywhere.

I haven't watched more than 30 minutes of competition. By the time it's aired here, it's old nooze anyway. I'm following tennis live via the Olympic site. They've got a live feed updating the set score of each match in progress.