Just in case we didn't already know, NBC's Olympic coverage and
specifically last night's appalling interview bringing ski great Bode Miller
literally to his knees gave us proof that the media is
nothing more than a pack of gravy-sucking pigs. The network had a whole day to edit the tape and not include it in their prime time coverage, yet they chose to keep it in.
(What fun: Bode crying! Boo-hoo. The reporter badgering, "Your brother's dead-- just how bad do you feel about that? Show us Bode!!!")
It's sickening.The worst part, if there is a worst part, is that the interviewer is a former Olympian herself who now runs around, like most of them do after their prime, doing commentary. The particular sport in which she excelled was apparently Beating People Over the Head With a Club.
("Bode, when you look up in the sky do you talk to your brother in Heaven?")
I have watched quite a lot of the Olympic coverage on NBC up to this point (4/16) and was intending to continue to do so - especially the women's and men's hockey games, but after the Bode Miller interview, I will NOT watch any more nbc Olympic coverage.
ReplyDeleteI agree! Their shameless insensitivity and sensationalistic goals make it impossible to respect them as a news organization, in my opinion.
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