Comments on: They Did It Again! http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/they-did-it-again.html An Independent Netzine About Ideas Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: liberalamerican http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/they-did-it-again.html/comment-page-1#comment-10150 liberalamerican Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:18:50 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=570#comment-10150 Al, I was looking for the volleyball also. I am not sure why women dancing with hula hoops should preempt this or why we needed over an hour of coverage of BMX--more than I think they showed of the entire indoor volleyball. Of course we both know the reason: it's all driven by demographics. On a Sunday afternoon they figured their target audience was women and, of course, they always play to the 16 year-olds. Maybe at some point I'll have to do an essay about what a demographic-driven political coverage would resemble. BTW, interesting that NBC held up broadcasting the premier events exactly like they held up broadcasting primary results. The sad thing is they are in charge of our POLITICAL coverage. Al,

I was looking for the volleyball also. I am not sure why women dancing with hula hoops should preempt this or why we needed over an hour of coverage of BMX–more than I think they showed of the entire indoor volleyball.

Of course we both know the reason: it’s all driven by demographics. On a Sunday afternoon they figured their target audience was women and, of course, they always play to the 16 year-olds. Maybe at some point I’ll have to do an essay about what a demographic-driven political coverage would resemble.

BTW, interesting that NBC held up broadcasting the premier events exactly like they held up broadcasting primary results.

The sad thing is they are in charge of our POLITICAL coverage.

]]> By: Al http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/they-did-it-again.html/comment-page-1#comment-10148 Al Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:06:15 +0000 http://thestrangedeathofliberalamerica.com/?p=570#comment-10148 So NBC didn't show the basketball finals either, huh? I can feel your pain, mainly because I am a great fan of Real Volleyball (not the very sexist Beach Volleyball). If anything, the volleyball finals should have been televised live, since the USA VB team was not really expected to reach the finals, as opposed to the USA basketball team which should have all been fired if they did not reach the finals. When I heard that the VB final was being played at midnight EDT and the BB final was going to be played at 2:30 AM EDT, I thought, "Great, I can at least view the VB match and the BB fans could see their game." Like you, I waited for over an hour through the other stuff being shown, hoping that at least some live play would be shown, and like you, I was greatly disappointed. So sad and pathetic, and to think that these same idiots are in charge of the 2012 Olympics coverage. So NBC didn’t show the basketball finals either, huh? I can feel your pain, mainly because I am a great fan of Real Volleyball (not the very sexist Beach Volleyball). If anything, the volleyball finals should have been televised live, since the USA VB team was not really expected to reach the finals, as opposed to the USA basketball team which should have all been fired if they did not reach the finals. When I heard that the VB final was being played at midnight EDT and the BB final was going to be played at 2:30 AM EDT, I thought, “Great, I can at least view the VB match and the BB fans could see their game.”

Like you, I waited for over an hour through the other stuff being shown, hoping that at least some live play would be shown, and like you, I was greatly disappointed. So sad and pathetic, and to think that these same idiots are in charge of the 2012 Olympics coverage.

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