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From: wm@tekchips.UUCP (Wm Leler)
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Subject: Re: ABC Olympic Coverage
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Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 16:26:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  7 16:26:43 1984
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I was up in Canada last week, and could receive four different
stations that were showing olympic coverage -- two USA (ABC
affiliates) and two Canadian.  As could be expected, the USA
coverage dominated by USA athletes, and the Canadian coverage
was dominated by Canadian athletes.  The Canadian feed was from
ABC, of course, and I noticed that the Canadian stations were
pushing USA atheletes as well.  I got into a conversation
about this with some Canadians.  Nobody seemed to think that
there was anything unusual about ABC pushing USA atheletes.
I seemed to be more embarassed about this than they were (but
maybe they are just used to US provincialism).  About the
only thing we could agree on was that the ABC coverage sucked.

My personal complaints --
	bad camera work (volleyball)
	attempting to show things live
	switching from event to event
	too many spectator shots (this isn't football!)
	terrible comentators ("you can only score in
		volleyball when you are serving" -- gag!)

Why don't they tape entire events, edit them and show them
from start to finish?  I don't care if the coverage is live,
as long as I see it the same day.

				Wm Leler