Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!cca!ima!ism780!michaelf From: michaelf@ism780.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Viewer's view of ABC's coverage of T - (nf) Message-ID: <370@ism780.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Aug-84 00:06:27 EDT Article-I.D.: ism780.370 Posted: Fri Aug 17 00:06:27 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 12:23:55 EDT Lines: 31 #R:ucla-cs:-77600:ism780:11100043:000:1322 ism780!michaelf Aug 15 15:22:00 1984 I'm sick of hearing abusive articles about ABC's coverage. Sure it may have appeared bias. The TV should cover the best athletes and the gold winners. Sorry if most of them happened to be americans. I know i would have been pretty pissed if I was watching some Belgian equestrian run and was missing an american wrestling. Sorry, but I was rooting for the home team, I wanted coverage. Don't get me wrong, ABC really turned my stomach woth some of it's approaches, and quite frankly, some of it was TOO american. BUT! if you're going to televise something for more than two weeks and for almost 12 hours a day, there will be inconsistencies. These americans trained just as hard as someone else so, being american and watching it on american TV, I want to know how they're doing. I did not want to know, however, anything about a spaceship, an alien or 500 breakdancers at the closing ceremonies. L.A. did look beautiful, everything went fine and I for one was very impressed with the coverage. American TV for Americans. No, I'm not republican. I think it turned out so well, people just started looking for chinks in the armor. Keep looking and you'll find sour grapes, too. P.S. Jim McKay should be put to sleep though.