Sally Jenkins admits she's not really NBC's idea of the demo, but she does point out that times have changed and perhaps NBC's approach to the Olympics should change with them:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/by-packaging-the-olympics-nbc-insults-viewers-and-the-athletes-themselves/2016/08/06/a8eda1fe-5b3f-11e6-9aee-8075993d73a2_story.html?postshare=8941470566622058&tid=ss_fb On Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 8:46:00 PM UTC-5, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Every two years people bitch about NBC's Olympics coverage and every two > years the network says it's people not in the demo who bitch about it and > that the demo loves the way they do it. Have they got proof? > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > On Sat, Aug 6, 2016 at 7:39 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Around 11 this morning I thought I'd check in and see how NBC was doing. >> The event was the cycling road race and they would only show about 3 >> minutes of the race between commercial blocs. It didn't take long for me to >> get frustrated and give up. >> >> Plus after seeing coverage of the World Cup and Euro championship I >> thought US TV would have moved beyond their Americocentrism in covering >> international competitions. Nope. >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > -- -- 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/d/optout.
