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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpoiler alert - the Olympic commentators SUCK
I thought I would tune into NBC and catch some Olympics, the were showing snowboarding and the announcers sounded like they had never covered a winter event before. Cured me from the Olympics!
FSogol
(45,526 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)And in good form! Woooow!
shenmue
(38,506 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)The host Country of the Winter Olympics and the IOC SUCK BIG TIME!
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)Commentary has sucked for a very long time..
The "modern" Olympics is little more than a compendium of sugary-sweet "up close & personal" vignettes of USA athletes (usually only the tip-top ones)..artfully positioned around jingoistic commercials..
Once upon a time, long long ago, the events included a lot more actual sports, and a whole lot less of the commentary.
I look forward to the figure skating competition and I LOVED watching the 17th place couple compete as much as the "top 6".
It's so ironic too, because now we have HUNDREDS of channels, but the actual coverage sucks.
When I was younger, we used to set an alarm so we could wake up to see an event that was on LIVE in the middle of the night
ThomThom
(1,486 posts)I would be glad to mute a few commercials to watch
I gave up cable years ago and now abc, fox and nbc thinks they are cable too.