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NBC *SPOILS* their own Olympics coverage -- THANKS!

Posted on 08/18/2004 11:55:12 AM PDT by HawkeyeLonewolf

Man this ticked me off so bad last night. I've avoided news of the evening's events by limited Drudge viewing and avoiding TV News and news websites so that I can enjoy the TAPE DELAYED Olympics.

I was really looking forward to last night's women's team final.

I stopped by NBCOlympics.com late yesterday afternoon to check on archery events for my son and dang if they don't SPOIL THEIR OWN BROADCASTS!!!

On the right side was a list of what was coming up on TV and on the left was a slide show of pictures and headlines REVEALING THE RESULTS for swimming and gymnastics.

I watched "Ivanhoe" on Turner Classic Movies instead. Hope they ticked off some Nielsen Families too and lost points.

Come on guys -- msnbc.com, nbc.com spoiling is one thing. But the site that is supposed to supplement the broadcast spoiling stuff???

Get real!


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: coverage; nbc; olympics; spoiler
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1 posted on 08/18/2004 11:55:18 AM PDT by HawkeyeLonewolf
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf

No offense, but their own commercials state that the web site has up to the minute results.


2 posted on 08/18/2004 11:56:52 AM PDT by sharktrager (The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And the paving contractor lives in Chappaqua.)
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf

Last night, I was watching my local newscast and the sports reporter came on and said that if we didn't want to know the results of the Olympics that day, we should put our TV on mute. I put my TV on mute, thinking I had a great night of gymnastics and swimming ahead of me. The sportscaster then put up graphics of who had one that day and who had lost. So much for the mute button! Really annoying...


3 posted on 08/18/2004 11:57:59 AM PDT by cwiz24
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To: sharktrager

Which again would be fine if they limited it to that. Below the TV listings is a list of links to get the results for the different sports that day. Don't put it RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE where you cannot avoid it.


4 posted on 08/18/2004 11:58:16 AM PDT by HawkeyeLonewolf (Christian First, American Second (Conservative Anti-Smoker))
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf
Wow!

Somebody watches the Olympics.

5 posted on 08/18/2004 11:59:09 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Democrat - It's in the dictionary - It's between "delusional" and "dimwit.")
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf

And I mean put the results themselves, not the links. Make me CHOOSE to be spoiled, not spoiled trying to find TV listings.


6 posted on 08/18/2004 11:59:33 AM PDT by HawkeyeLonewolf (Christian First, American Second (Conservative Anti-Smoker))
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf
You didn't miss much with the women's gymnastics. Something has changed with that sport. The talent level just doesn't seam to be as high as in the past.

What you likely did miss out on was the Men's 4X200 freestyle relay. WOW! I knew the results but that was incredible.

US leading by nearly 1.5 seconds until Thorpe from Australia enters the pool. That man is a freaking machine! Though I knew the results before I saw the race, the race was as exciting as anything I've ever watched. The whole family was up on their feet cheering the American on. Amazing stuff. if you have a chance to watch the replay DO IT!
7 posted on 08/18/2004 12:00:30 PM PDT by Outlaw76 (Citizens on the Bounce!)
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To: N. Theknow

I was wondering who the olympic viewer was.


8 posted on 08/18/2004 12:00:38 PM PDT by Petronski (First algore invented everything, then Kerry smuggled it to Cambodia.)
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf

I'm keeping NBC turned off since they saw fit to propagandize the opening ceremonies with leftist crap.
I'm not watching.


9 posted on 08/18/2004 12:01:06 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf

What bugs me is when they're in the middle of an event, they cut away for commercials (yawn) then come back to Bob Coustas who goes into a 20 minute discourse on the history of mud. Then they go to something else.


10 posted on 08/18/2004 12:01:11 PM PDT by theDentist ("John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute.")
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To: Outlaw76

I had seen that result, but since those are so fast, I'd probably have watched the night still knowing that one. But with gymnastics, like a football or baseball game, there is (usually) a building up of drama and suspense over the course of the event, that knowing the end result killed it completely.

Ivanhoe was pretty good though :)


11 posted on 08/18/2004 12:03:05 PM PDT by HawkeyeLonewolf (Christian First, American Second (Conservative Anti-Smoker))
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf; cwiz24
You are not going to win with these spoilers.

I wonder if they are getting 'feedback' beyond their 'Neilsens' that is.

12 posted on 08/18/2004 12:04:50 PM PDT by cricket (Don't Lose Your Head. . .Vote Republican)
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To: theDentist
Costas annoys the heck out of me. Probably the most sports knowledgeable guy on TV (all around) but that look on his face every time he comes on...

I keep expecting to hear something like "An assassination attempt... Another airliner has been..." Some kind of disaster. Maybe he just needs more sleep.
13 posted on 08/18/2004 12:05:26 PM PDT by Outlaw76 (Citizens on the Bounce!)
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To: theDentist

Yeah, Costas is an arse.

When they did the featurette on that geriatric (25 year old) gymnast for the U.S., they made a point of saying that "Here she is delivering pizzas to make money to stay in gymnastics." Wow, I thought, she's a hardworker...

But then they talk with her boss who talks about how sad it is that she's doing it.

And then they cut to her and she says "I'm not doing the stuff that an Olympic athlete should be doing -- I'm having to work too"

And finally she says how she would have to live off Power Bars because she couldn't afford to eat -- HAVE YOU PRICED A POWER BAR??? Come on, a loaf of bread and a jar a peanut butter goes a long way!!!

Man, it was dripping with "economy is so bad under Bush that even our gymnasts have to work to eat -- not like in RUSSIA where they are kidnapped at four and molded into gymnasts."

BLECH!


14 posted on 08/18/2004 12:07:16 PM PDT by HawkeyeLonewolf (Christian First, American Second (Conservative Anti-Smoker))
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf; theDentist; cricket

Yahoo!'s home page has a little checkbox where you can choose to hide the Olympic results. It's a good thing...


15 posted on 08/18/2004 12:09:30 PM PDT by cwiz24
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To: Outlaw76

You're right, Costas always seems to have that pained look on his face. He and Couric really annoyed the heck out of me opening night, they really should learn when to shut up and so the audience can enjoy the sights and sounds. NOtice how Couric kept talking and talking while that singer sang?

AS for spoling the suspense, I've had to avoid going to Drudge or the net for that matter. Being in the West Coast, I've had the suspense spoiled for me too many times.
Gymnastics last night was very good, it helped that I didn't know the results before watching.


16 posted on 08/18/2004 12:11:49 PM PDT by psjones
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To: sharktrager

NBC should provide a link that takes you to results if you want to, rather than having it right there on the front page.
Nice of yahoo, and smart, to give their customers the option of blocking the results.


17 posted on 08/18/2004 12:16:38 PM PDT by psjones
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To: HawkeyeLonewolf

This has to be the lousiest Olypics I've every seen. The womens gymnastics tonight is a joke, they are falling down all over the place.


18 posted on 08/19/2004 7:14:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Bush is Hell on liberals and terrorists.)
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