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From: pal@crystal.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: IOC rips ABC, media
Message-ID: <352@crystal.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 16:23:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  3 16:23:29 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 5-Aug-84 05:43:58 EDT
Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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According to a local paper, Juan Samaranch (IOC biggie) has lodged a FORMAL
complaint against US media coverage of the Olympics, citing excessive
chauvinism.

Looks like I'm not the only one who has to keep a barf-bag handy when watching
ABC these days.  By the way, are TV commentators exempt from slander/libel
laws?  The ABC staff have absolutely no qualms about questioning the integrity
of judges without any basis other than the judge's nationality.  Really makes
me puke to see such sore losers (e.g. women's gymnastics -- obviously the US
lost only because there was an Eastern bloc judge somewhere, not because none
of them could stay on the balance beam.)

As an aside:  During the winter Olympics, I watched the figure skating scores
for evidence (completely unscientific, I admit) of bias (the scores
were open, with the judge's nationality attached).  In most cases I
examined, the US judge's score was the one farthest from the average, and
usually in the "right" direction (i.e. above for US competitors, below for
others).  This clearly shows that not only Eastern bloc judges, but ALL non-US
judges are biased (SARCASM).

Anil Pal
U. of Wisconsin-Madison
crystal!pal

Disclaimer: above are personal opinions only.