Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bnl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sbcs!bnl!stern From: stern@bnl.UUCP (Eric Stern) Newsgroups: net.rec,net.misc Subject: Re: Gripes about Olympic Coverage Message-ID: <553@bnl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 02:25:48 EDT Article-I.D.: bnl.553 Posted: Mon Aug 6 02:25:48 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 00:16:29 EDT References: <3030@rabbit.UUCP>, <738@dual.UUCP> Organization: SUNY StonyBrook Lines: 27 Did anyone else object to the coverage of the opening ceremonies? I think that ABC failed miserably in their coverage if the object was to convey some sense of being at the ceremonies and experiencing some of the supposedly strong emotions experienced by the people there. I kept wishing that Jim Mckay and Peter Jennings would just shut up and let us listen to the music. Also, most of the time we saw the commentators instead of the action on the field. I guess only PBS could have done it right. I agree that the coverage of the events was also seriously lacking. It really bothered me when they cut for a commercial and when you got back they told about so and so who just scored a 10 and you never got to see their routine because the person was not in running for a gold medal. Isn't the point to show excellence in sports regardless of whether the person wins a medal? Also, I think that ABC insulted China and Japan more than once when they cut for a commercial during the playing of the national anthem, because the U.S had only won a silver. In fact during the opening ceremonies, ABC took breaks when the teams for most asian countries entered the stadium except for China, Japan, and South Korea. Eric Stern