Thread: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion
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Old 28-07-2012, 16:01   #54
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Re: The London 2012 Olympics: Current affairs discussion
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Originally Posted by Maggy J View Post
Not even events that we might have a hope of gold? I hate sports and it's coverage but I ALWAYS watch the Olympics.
Nope - I hate watching sport. It bores me, even if it's Team GB at the Olympics or England at the football.

The TV will be showing it all non-stop... but only because Mrs D loves it all. I won't be watching.

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Originally Posted by Russ View Post
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...t-attacks.html

Just the sort of thing you'd expect from an American broadcaster. Imagine if we did the same about 9/11.
Another story on it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...ony?CMP=twt_gu


No surprise really. NBC's coverage came in for criticism from the very beginning.

- No live-stream, just a time-delayed broadcast that began when the ceremony finished.

- The NBC presenters were ignorant of who Tim Berners-Lee was. Apparently they suggested to the audience that they just Google him, not knowing that if it wasn't for TBL in the first place they would not be able to Google TBL...

- Replacing the "memorial wall" section with a Ryan Seacrest interview
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