On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 5:03 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > And here I thought I was the only one who hated Al Trautwig... > > http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/ > 08/08/simone-biles-al-trautwig-parents-twitter/88397510/ > > I pay almost no attention to gymnastics between Olympics, and even I know > the story of Simone Biles, the most accomplished and talented gymnast in > history, and how she and her sister were adopted by her grandfather and his > wife when she was around 4. If I know this, Trautwig knows it (and if he > didn't, NBC ran an "Up Close and Gooey" segment on it last night, one of > the few I have watched). Since they adopted the girls, they are legally > their parents, and since they have raised them since young childhood, and > they have always called them mom and dad, they are emotionally their > parents, and aside from all that who the hell cares, if the girls say they > are their parents why not just call them their parents? But Al tweeted (and > I believe made a point of saying something to the same effect on air last > night) that they are not "really" her parents. Asshole. > > The internet has apparently been exacting their pound of flesh today, > which is good. I don't know that this incident really is grounds for firing > him (unless it turns out he is doing it for some specific, yucky purpose). > He has issues a modified apology, but not really an explanation. The > reasons for firing him are decades of jingoistic, bloviating gymnastics > play by play which sometimes makes Donald Trump seem reasonable and > restrained. >
I was reading through TPM headlines today (my primary online news source) and came across a story <http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nbc-olympics-coverage-is-a-mess> (link) titled NBC's Olympic Coverage Has Been a Dumpster Fire. The Trautwig item was in there, as well as the delay and editiing of the opening ceremony, and one or two other mistakes. I did not rush to post the story link here because that's far from a dumpster fire. These Olympics may become a social media pile-on where every mistake and perceived slight become evidence that this is THE. WORST. OLYMPICS. EVER. I think we need to get a grip, in this group if not in general society. Trautwig said something inaccurate and insensitive. He did so without malice and when his attention was called to it he apologized. Does it really need to go beyond that? -- -- 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.
