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Originally posted by Fugee
Middle America is full of people who simply want to follow the Americans -- NBC goes with the majority....NBC is going for the most common denominator for network coverage...Unfortunately for TM, NBC apparently thinks most people who will be watching the Olympics are like me.
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I know the reasons
why they do it. But appealing to middle America does not make for the best coverage. It's like watching the news now. Sure, the graphics and sound effects are way cool, but it's not giving you much in terms of news. When I watch the Olympics, I want to see sporting events. I also want it to be about international competition. I don't want coverage focusing on just the US athletes. We've covered this, though, so whatever.
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Originally posted by Fugee
I like knowing when an athlete competing for another country trains or goes to school here but not for "taking credit" reasons. I want to see if it changes the dynamics of competition, sort of like when a pitcher from one baseball team gets traded to a competitor.
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You're going to have to give me an example of this in the Olympics. I don't see the two things as even a little analogous.
TM
