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From: jj@rabbit.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec,net.misc
Subject: Gripes about Olympic Coverage
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Date: Thu, 2-Aug-84 10:31:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  2 10:31:25 1984
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We were watching the gymnastics events last night on ABC, specifically
the women's team competition, and we noticed that the network presented
only the first place (Romanian) and US teams.  In this particular
event, the US team WAS in second place, which led us to a question:
	Has ABC consistantly only shown leaders and the US teams
and athletes?  In this particular event China was 1 point or so behind
the leaders  and clearly in the running for second
or maybe even a shot at first, given ONE major break by either of
the leaders, none-the-less
in the two+ hours we watched (10-12 EDT) ONE Chinese athlete was
shown, and for approximately 45 seconds.  (I'm not counting athletes
visible in the background, or during full-arena shots.)
	We are planning to write letters to ABC (soon).  We are
going to write separate letters, and ask that the letters be put in 
the comments file.  
	Do other readers of the net have similar impressions?

	Please direct replys to net.rec.

Thank you
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