Sky Sports in the UK carried Fox's pre-game show for three hours this year, and it was the first time I'd ever seen it or any equivalent shows from previous years. I just found the whole Obama interview toe-curling. While I wouldn't expect any interview with a nation's leader full of soft pitches, this was aggressive from the outset and just felt horribly out of place. Set amidst lots of feel-good stories and celebrity fodder of the rest of the show, it was just completely out of place. I actually changed channel as I couldn't watch it. Perhaps it's the liberal in me.
I totally get that a network wants to maximise the marketing of its assets with the unique opportunity that the Super Bowl offers, from giving a boost to a new series in the post-game slot, to pumping the hype for a sister corporation's movie. But there can't really be many Americans who didn't know that Fox News isn't Obama's biggest fan. It just leaves a bitter taste in half the nation's mouths I'd have thought. I'm not really sure why there should be a serious news interview crammed into the beginning of a sports event anyway. Even if that event transcends sports to an extent and becomes a cultural touchstone. Adam On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 2, 2014, at 10:41 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Except - even though Lauer was not an evening news anchor, he is the > anchor of a news show (I assume Today still is run by the News Division at > NBC? As I recall Good Morning America is not, but I think Today is)... > > "GMA" was transferred from the entertainment division to ABC News in the > late '90s. > > -- > Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > <http://www.ellwanger.tv> > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
