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How much relevance would ANYTHING on local tv (or even national) have in 100 years? That’s a weird bar to hit.

• yread 6y ago
  1918 flu pandemic would be kinda relevant, don't you think
  • jdxcode 6y ago
    are you arguing for more coronavirus coverage? I don't watch sports but I think we're getting plenty of that.
• TheOtherHobbes 6y ago
  The weird bar is "on local TV". Keystone sports are mostly on national TV anyway. But it just highlights that team sports are light entertainment dressed up as something more admirable. If the media wanted to skew the balance they could concentrate more on individual amateurs. Someone who goes from barely being able to run to a marathon is going to have an interesting and inspiring story. I'd be more interested in hearing about that kind of victory than the weekly/annual filler round of Famous Team A vs Famous Teams B-Z.
  • jdxcode 6y ago
    Not in the states, national TV almost never has sports. It's entirely politics.