Thursday, February 18, 2010

Dude, the olympic coverage SUCKS!

3:00 PM Manny: is it me, or does this article read as if the NY times had never met a canadian?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/sports/olympics/10podium.htm
 
4:31 PM me: wow
  that's amazing
4:32 PM It actually reads as if they had met exactly 1 canadian and then watched a bunch of episodes of Degrassi Jr. High

39 minutes
5:11 PM Manny: Nbc: evilist network ever

12 minutes
5:23 PM me: wait, why?Manny: have you seen any olympics?
 me: I have
  a bit
 Manny: watching more tv will not allow you to see more olympics
1:08 PM a bit is all they're showing
  they bought the rights and are showing nothing
 me: that's quite lame
 Manny: so you will watch their prime time crapfest
  it is as if ESPN bought monday night football and didn't show it so you would watch more sportscenter
1:12 PM me: What I noticed was mostly that if I didn't have tivo, I would have to watch a lot of middle-aged white men talking behind desks
1:13 PM Manny: hours
  and then soft-focus profiles of american athletes
  they're only showing four hours a day, and most of that time is spent not showing sports
1:14 PM they showed five racers in the downhill!
  Five!
  it's the only exciting winter event
 me: no that's not true
  it's not that exciting
 Manny: true
  but people might die
  that makes it better than biatholon