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Consider literal competitions--it was similarly appalling to watch recent Olympics in the US. 95% or more of the coverage was of Americans winning. If a particu

by z2 8y ago

Consider literal competitions--it was similarly appalling to watch recent Olympics in the US. 95% or more of the coverage was of Americans winning. If a particular day had fewer wins, they would replay earlier footage rather than dare show any other country succeeding at non-American dominant areas. One saving grace is that the NBC app had all the footage they didn't deem worthy of broadcasting.

maxxxxx 8y ago
I can't watch the Olympics on US TV. Hours of stories about the upbringing of the US athletes interviewing moms and grandparents. Then a little actual sport if you are lucky. And certainly nothing where there isn't a US athlete/team at the front. It's unbearable.
- justtopost 8y ago
  I cannot agree more. I remember growing up it was just raw footage of events without break, and often with little or no commentary. We would sit for hours and watch the pinnicale of human physical ability. Now its 95% pomp and commentary, and you find yourself just looking up the events you wanted to watch the next day on a video hosting site. This just fits into the larger context of broadcasting digging their own grave in the glow of the internet. Even though their offerings are still often technically and artistically superior, the are bound outside like writhing beasts to their business model and it kills them by forced exposure (nessitating constant 'content'). Youtube is now doing the same by deranking channels that fail to release videos on a regular, if not frantic, schedule. Patreon is helping, but just enough to defer actually dealing with the huge problem. Its a vicious cycle.
- 24gttghh 8y ago
  In Maine we get the French-Language version of CBC, and they had near-constant coverage of more than just Canada. Even though I barely understand more than a few dozen words in French, it was better than watching NBC.

by z2 8y ago

maxxxxx 8y ago

I can't watch the Olympics on US TV. Hours of stories about the upbringing of the US athletes interviewing moms and grandparents. Then a little actual sport if you are lucky. And certainly nothing where there isn't a US athlete/team at the front. It's unbearable.

justtopost 8y ago
I cannot agree more. I remember growing up it was just raw footage of events without break, and often with little or no commentary. We would sit for hours and watch the pinnicale of human physical ability. Now its 95% pomp and commentary, and you find yourself just looking up the events you wanted to watch the next day on a video hosting site. This just fits into the larger context of broadcasting digging their own grave in the glow of the internet. Even though their offerings are still often technically and artistically superior, the are bound outside like writhing beasts to their business model and it kills them by forced exposure (nessitating constant 'content'). Youtube is now doing the same by deranking channels that fail to release videos on a regular, if not frantic, schedule. Patreon is helping, but just enough to defer actually dealing with the huge problem. Its a vicious cycle.
24gttghh 8y ago
In Maine we get the French-Language version of CBC, and they had near-constant coverage of more than just Canada. Even though I barely understand more than a few dozen words in French, it was better than watching NBC.