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Thanks Drudge...

Posted on 08/16/2004 11:14:19 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe

I'd like to thank Drudge for posting the results of the Phelps-Thorpe swimming duel 7 hours before NBC broadcasts it.

Thank, Drudge. You jerk.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: boofrickinhoo; crylikeababy; drudge; growup; iwantmymommy; nbc; olympics; waaaaaaahhhhhhh; whambulance

1 posted on 08/16/2004 11:14:19 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
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To: Lunatic Fringe

What, is Drudge supposed to embargo the news just because NBC won't broadcast in real time? That's silly.


2 posted on 08/16/2004 11:17:28 AM PDT by tdadams (If there were no problems, politicians would have to invent them... wait, they already do.)
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To: tdadams

He could put a link to a story rather than putting the results on his main page.


3 posted on 08/16/2004 11:19:02 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (This tagline was censored by freerepublic.com!)
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To: tdadams

Actually, the polite thing to do (for those who, unlike me, care) would be to link to the results rather than posting them on his main page.


4 posted on 08/16/2004 11:19:27 AM PDT by ScottFromSpokane (Re-elect President Bush: http://spokanegop.org/bush.html)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Blame NBC, not Drudge.

Despite the left's best efforts to make it so, ignorance is not bliss.


5 posted on 08/16/2004 11:19:42 AM PDT by blanknoone (Everything is impossible to those who refuse to try.)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Oh, that reminds me...I was planning to start posting with Olympic results in the article titles...


6 posted on 08/16/2004 11:21:50 AM PDT by beezdotcom (I'm usually either right or wrong.)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

So did Phelps win?


7 posted on 08/16/2004 11:24:12 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: Lunatic Fringe

"Thank, Drudge. You jerk."

Baaaa. Baaaaa. Baaaaaa. Baaaaaaaaaaaa.


8 posted on 08/16/2004 11:24:29 AM PDT by Fenris6
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Hey, Drudge is in the information business. If you don't want to know the results in real time, stay off the Internet.


9 posted on 08/16/2004 11:26:31 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Are radio and TV news programs withholding results until NBC broadcasts the event?

My advice is to put your head in the sand until the Olympics are over.

No offense but in the internet age, I don't see how they can avoid showing results. Many people get most of their news from the internet. Why make them wait?


10 posted on 08/16/2004 11:27:54 AM PDT by harrycarey
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To: Lunatic Fringe

A swimming duel sounds interesting. But, don't the primers get wet?


11 posted on 08/16/2004 11:31:40 AM PDT by kenth
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Why didnt NBC broadcast this race live?

Your grip should be with them


12 posted on 08/16/2004 11:42:02 AM PDT by alisasny ("I will leave no hampster behind" John F'en Kerry : ))
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Hey, this way you can win bets with your unwitting friends and neighbors...........
13 posted on 08/16/2004 11:48:01 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Heres the quarter, calls someone who cares...........


14 posted on 08/16/2004 11:50:49 AM PDT by litehaus
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To: alisasny
Why didnt NBC broadcast this race live?

They figured the ratings are better with soap operas.

15 posted on 08/16/2004 11:54:45 AM PDT by topcat54
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To: Lunatic Fringe

Everyone posted the results, not just Drudge. Drudge can do no wrong, in my book.


16 posted on 08/16/2004 1:44:12 PM PDT by cwiz24
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To: topcat54; alisasny
> Why didnt NBC broadcast this race live?

They figured the ratings are better with soap operas.

See the lack of football/baseball/basketball and the lineup of what NBC actually airs instead of shoveling off on cable. NBC truly is the Girlie Network.

17 posted on 08/16/2004 2:26:25 PM PDT by steveegg (John F'em Ke(rr)y - I was for the war in Iraq before I was against it before I was for it..)
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To: tdadams
What, is Drudge supposed to embargo the news just because NBC won't broadcast in real time? That's silly.

Exactly. Blame NBC. There's no reason these events couldn't be carried live on TV here. Instead, NBC has this short-sighted view of saving them for primetime. Then they wonder why their ratings are tepid when event results are inevitably revealed before it airs on TV.

18 posted on 08/16/2004 2:52:54 PM PDT by NYCVirago
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