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AngryOldDem

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7. RE: 7)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 05:00 PM
Aug 2012

That "idiot chick" is Andrea Kremer, and she does a very respectable job on one of the best sports shows in TV in my opinion -- "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" on HBO. I don't think on-spot reporting like that is her forte.

I'm hoping that NBC takes a good, hard, and long look at its coverage after this. There has been so much outrage over how they're doing this that they really can't be deaf, dumb, and blind to the criticism. Even NPR had a story about it the other day.

I absolutely went ballistic Monday night when Brian Williams gave away the results of both the men's swimming relay and women's gymnastics team finals. I was looking forward to both, especially the swimming. Then last night the smirky SOB had the gall to say that if we didn't want to see a medal count (which is meaningless to most of us) we should look away.

Their attitude of "we've got the Olympics and we'll cover it however we want" is just bullshit.

LOL ananda Aug 2012 #1
NBC's coverage is a travesty. AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #2
Gads I miss ABC's Olympics coverage hifiguy Aug 2012 #3
Ditto! William Seger Aug 2012 #5
Believe ABC's profiles were called "Up Close and Personal" AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #8
Jim McKay was just the best. AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #6
#nbcfail says it all B2G Aug 2012 #4
RE: 7) AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #7
People have been saying that NBC B2G Aug 2012 #9
Apparently they have been getting hifiguy Aug 2012 #10
It's theirs. They don't care. AngryOldDem Aug 2012 #11
Sadly, we're stuck with NBC Olympics until 2020.... ThatsMyBarack Aug 2012 #12
P.S. Here's a link.... ThatsMyBarack Aug 2012 #13
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