
I know that we are stuck with them for Olympic coverage. I sat with family on Friday night 8.8.08 and I loved spending time with them. I'll speak on that later - watching the opening ceremony was breathtaking & as a grown up I know about the time difference & the fact that it had happened almost a day earlier. I know that it was NOT live television. I am pissed that as I watched it struck me that something was wrong - shots of the infield were instantaneously different, one sec full the next empty, then full again. On the broadcast the US walked in 3rd to last.
In reality they walked in 139th. Commercials were brand new, saved for the event. The ridiculously lame announcers constantly stated the reasons for the non-alphabetical order. I'm just pissed that they then used the excuse to further fuck with the order. I know, I know I'm elitist scum, I am far more interested in reality. I think half the point to the games for me is reality. The Russian and Georgian shooters hugging, the breaking of records, the beauty of seeing the things the human body is capable of achieving. The broadcast of the opening ceremonies was awesome artistically; just breathtaking.
Fuck you NBC for lying to me. Fuck you for lying to make money. Fuck you for lying to everyone else too. I'm not a lot but I won't be spending my money on anyone I catch advertising on you. So fuck you.