The fantasy that is indulged when Bob Costas speaks breathlessly about an upcoming ski race where he already knows exactly what happened is no longer even a fragile fantasy; it’s a blatant fiction that everyone knows about. …
If the broadcast networks who cover this stuff don’t find a way to stop pretending it’s still 1976, where an event happens when the person who owns the broadcast rights tells you it happens, they’re going to wind up being left in the dust by whatever manipulator of technology figures out how to do it better.
they already have been left in the dust. it’s called youtube. it’s called ustream. it’s called ask around on the internet until someone tells you where to watch a pirated version from the UK with — bonus! — less annoying commentators.
but yes, i agree with this rant: NBC’s Broken Olympic Coverage Manages To Annoy Absolutely Everyone - Monkey See Blog : NPR
