“NBC: Nothing but communism;” Update: The peacock and Olympic logos redesigned
Photoshop – Lundesigns
Update: Thanks to David Lunde for the new Chicom-friendly peacock and Olympic logos.
Are you watching the Olympics? Have you detected Commie whitewashing by NBC?
So has Matthew Balan.
Maybe it’s time to redo the NBC peacock logo in ChiCom red with yellow stars…
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The Times of London highlights dissident voices you probably won’t be hearing on NBC:
WHILE the world marvelled at the spectacular opening ceremony in Beijing, a surprising backlash was materialising this weekend among Chinese internet users.
A significant number of those posting comments on some less closely censored websites said the ceremony had glorified authoritarian rule and one said it reduced individuals to “cogs in a machine”.
Yesterday even the website of the People’s Daily, the Communist party newspaper, recorded more readers criticising the event than admiring it, with some calling it “empty” and “boring”.
While the majority of Chinese people reflected the positive global reaction to the ceremony, the openness of the online dissent was surprising given the government’s draconian measures to crush any criticism during the Games.
China sent at least 58 citizens to labour camps for “reeducation” to stop them staging protests in Beijing, according to official figures. Eight more were given prison sentences and 45 others are awaiting punishment for daring to travel to the capital to raise their grievances.
All such protests were effectively stifled before Friday’s ceremony but yesterday the work of Zhang Yimou, who directed the show, was subjected to unusually strong public criticism.
“The actors looked like a swarm of ants,” complained Guo Yuquan, on Cat898.com, a popular website. “What was the idea? It was to consider people just as cogs in a machine. I think he got his ideas 100% from North Korea.”
“This had nothing to do with the Olympics or sports or even Chinese classical culture,” Guo Chen, a university professor, was quoted as saying in an interview with Kanzhongguo.com, another website.
Here’s the latest on the web censorship situation during the games from the Press Association:
Some websites remained inaccessible to reporters as competition got under way at the Beijing Olympics.
China’s communist government routinely filters its citizens’ access to the internet, but in the run up to the Olympics Chinese officials and officials with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vowed there would be no censorship of the internet for accredited journalists covering the games.
Some sites were unblocked 10 days ago after reporters arriving to cover the games found them blocked and complained to the IOC, but others remain inaccessible, including sites related to the Tiananmen Square protests, Tibet, Taiwan and the Dalai Lama.
While searches for these keywords turned up long lists of websites, attempts to open some of them resulted in a message saying the page could not be displayed.
A search for information about the outlawed Falun Gong spiritual movement not only drew that error message but froze the search engine and prohibited further searches for several minutes. Sites that host thousands of blogs appeared to be open, but specific blogs remained blocked.
A statement by Chinese officials indicated they had gone as far as they intend to go. “Yes, we promised to provide free access to the internet – except for a few that would jeopardise our national security and would not be good for the healthy growth of our young people,” said Wang Wei, executive vice president of BOCOG, the Olympic organising committee.
“As in any other country, there are some kinds of limitations,” Wang added. “However, I think we are going to provide sufficient access for the media to cover the games.”
IOC spokeswoman Giselle Davies suggested reporters should keep pushing the Chinese. “Sites that you need to have for your job, it’s important that you raise them for BOCOG’s awareness,” Davies said.
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as for me, i’m going to enjoy watching the games. i will leave the NBC bashing for bill-o! go usa!
The open ceremonies were dull kind of Communist spectacle. Something you’d see out of a Stalin propaganda movie or Soviet military parade. Though the opening ceremonies are usually known for their “empty fluff” the Beijing opening ceremony had all the hallmarks of making a “statement” about the coming China “supremacy” as the new 21st century superpower. We’ve seen it before with the Soviet Union.
When you get down to it, the Communists are putting on the games as a way to drum up “national pride” at the same time convincing their people that the only way the games could’ve gone forward was with a few leading the many. The only way the Chinese can run the table in the medals race is the more periphery sports like shooting and badminton where the USA doesn’t really fare well. This is their strategy.
As for the NBC commentators, I’ve been very disatisfied with their performance. In different sports, I’ve seen these commentators running down our athletes while talking up the Chinese team. It’s like they’re getting their talking points from the Chinese Communist Party. Is this the agreement that NBC had to make to telecast the games?
It’s all about the “olympic spirit,” not about the actual reality that surrounds it.
I haven’t watched a single minute of Olympic “coverage”. NBC had demonstrated their anti-American slant in the past, that was enough for me to stop watching that network, no matter what they broadcast.
Grumbles:
You do that. Nobody is bashing NBC. Then I guess when one suffers from BDS like you do, you wouldn’t know the difference between criticism and being in the tank for Communist dictators, huh?
BTW, do you think it fair that the Chinese and Russians routinely cheat at sports through putting 14 year olds on their women’s gymnastics team (you need to be 16 to compete) and doping by the Russians. I’m not saying the Americans haven’t stooped to doping and cheating but it would seem that the Communists have turned cheating into an art form.
Why am I not surprised???
It’s NBC, what do you expect. Many of their correspondents would like to see our government moved toward the ChiCom model, except we would be ruled under the loving hand of Chairman Obama….oops I meant to say the Obamamessiah….oops, that’s still not right?………..I remember now… It’s President Obama
I refuse to watch spectacle staged in a communist gulag.
OH, Cmon now!
Give NBC a break!
If you were in their shoes wouldn’t you do everything to protect the billions of dollars invested in covering the Olympic Games (aka the UN Sports Circuit) while leveraging that event to make the U.S. feel bad about ourselves?
One false move, one media faux pax and the Chinese would kick NBC coverage off the air and probably jail most of their ‘consultants’ in China.
Where else can you tie everything perceived by the MSM to be bad in the US (the war in Iraq and flouting the Chinese are happier than we are, the UN is good and we’re hated everywhere outside of Washington…) all for one price? It is a high profile liberal/socilaist’s wet dream.
Did anyone with a functioning brain stem not see this phony white-wash coming? Is anyone surprised by any of this? Did’nt we come to expect this after all of then US George Bush bashing we’ve seen in our own backyard since the 2000 election? This rath includes a lot of the commercials too (e.g., Visa’s ‘Go World’ instead of GO USA while showing US athletes in their commercials).
This whole thing is geared to show the world how ‘good’ the Chinese are vs. how bad we are – despite the hype for a few of our athletes going for the gold.
The Olympics this time around is a large propaganda-fest to support China with sports thrown in to keep people interested.
Check the cover of today’s Boston Globe. Even this NYTimes in drag “news”paper shows that the Chinese have erected a literal Potemkin village in Beijing.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/?p1=GN_TodaysGlobe
It must suck to realize that the effort you use to cover up the “non tourist” vistas in Beijing just make people laugh at you harder.
We have not seen anything on the Olympics other than the commercials on the very few channels we still watch. Anything that glorifies the oppressive regime of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) doesn’t get air time in our house. We may not be able to find many goods not made by the slave labor of the PRC, but at least this is one thing we can control by not tuning in. Too bad many in this country are giving this propaganda coup between the PRC and NBC record ratings.
We better just get used to it… it is the next step in our once great nation’s evolution…
If all these MSM’ers and folks think the Chinese government and their way of life is so great, why don’t they just stay and/or move there.
It will make up for all the Chinese that have left or would leave if given the opportunity.
Meanwhile, China is drilling for oil 60 miles of the coast of Florida getting the oil we could be getting, which most of the fools who love China so much don’t want US to be able to do.
I’ve really been getting on the wife’s nerves.
All through the ceremony on Friday, I was continually carping about how Mao, and the “great leap forward”, etc, seemed to have not occurred.
I turn the sound off and just watch the action. So, I don’t have to listen to the commentators. Also drives wifey nuts
)
I guess we are somewhere between 7 & 8? Obama would surely get us to between 8 & 9.
Not watching the Olympics. Will not watch.
One reason only, spelled C-h-i-n-a.
Better to “disappoint” a few athletes by ending our participation in the games now than to be complicit in all the crimes against humanity the Chicoms have been, are and will be committing.
Bush owes the American people an apology. Another one, that is. He should have stayed home.
One of my Senators from here in Florida, Bill Nelson ( a Democrat of course) says: “No they’re not, nah nah nah nah nah”, or words to that effect.
So who’s a guy to believe?
NBC, just polishing up their Obama worship.
Uh, coming from you and your anti religious bigotry, that’s rich. What “spiritual faith” are you talking about?
Not watching any of the Olympics. I’m sick of the NBC past coverage and have no interest in China’s pathetic selfpromotion. I’ll spend the time reading the stack of books I haven’t read yet.
…featuring ace reporter and “I’ll get to the bottom of this” hard-bitten newsman Matt Lauer. (“My wife roots for The Netherlands in swimming and I root for the US while the kids are caught in the middle”). Thanks Matt.
Shouldn’t the Google logo be in Mao Red?
Uh athling, I didn’t come up with that statement. It was Alexander Tyler. You will have to take your concerns up with him…
I thought the guy in the opening ceremony who was running in mid-air while 91,000 people (or was that 910,000) cheered while he carried the torch was Obama, but it turned out to be a Chinese gymnast.
The Chinese government hasn’t improved a whole lot since Mao, but the Chinese people are amazing. We need to support them as they try and improve their situation. For me Google is a lot worse than NBC since they actively hamper freedom in China. For money.
Oh, so you’re just randomly quoting an 18th century British historian who believes that great western democracies are born from “spiritual faith” out of bondage (and what “faith” do you think he means?) – a belief that, you do not hold.
Then what was the point of posting that?
Not having a TV, I’m getting a sense of how much Olympic drivel I’m being spared.
Comrade Lauer may need to apply for a visa the get back into the US.
Must be difficult traveling to all the countries around the world, all the time knowing you’ll be forced to return to the third world U.S.A., and not be able to stay in all the “happier” places with the “happier” people.
I haven’t watched one nanosecond of the Chiese-sponsored games, nor do I intend to.
emjem24: MBC deserves a good bashing for its kowtowing to Chinese propaganda. Face it, Lauer and company are tools.
Mixer14: Your comment “One false move, one media faux pax and the Chinese would kick NBC coverage off the air and probably jail most of their ‘consultants’ in China”, reminds me of the same tactics used by CNN to keep their news bureau in Baghdad prior to our invasion.
Newsflash for Lauer and NBC: There’s a huge difference between visiting a totalitarian country as a celebrity in the spotlight, and being a citizen of that country, subjected to its barbarity with no means of escape.
Well, the Chinese gymnast was probably thinking about Obama, and that’s how he was able to run in mid-air.
Some well known facts about Obama:
Every now and then, Obama opens his eyes and the world springs into existence.
When a tree falls in the forest, Obama hears it.
Obama can clap with one hand.
Obama can make a journey of a thousand miles without a single step.
Socks worn by Obama are used for climbing walls in Spiderman movies.
Typos: MBC=NBC Chiese=Chinese
The media reported a while back (last couple of years) that China recieved/bought the rights to explore and drill off the Cuban coast from Cuba. I have also heard this on Limbaugh and other shows. If they are drilling, I am sure they are drilling in the northerly direction and not straight down. They have plenty of our money from their exports to pay for it.
The Chinese have been negotiating with several countries in Asia & Africa about developing their oil resources.
Birds light on Obama’s shoulder and when he rises in the morning, so does the sun.
It simply points out the steps that cultures pass through in development. Spiritual faith is listed as one step in that progression.
The majority of the country seems to want us to take the step into dependency… i.e. free health care.
Just an observation backed up by Mr. Tyler.
I guess I am the only person watching the Olympic Games for the actual sports. A lot of you are stressing over things that were preordained by allowing China to host the games. Let it go and just watch the athletes’ performances make all the ‘statements’.
or not.
I haven’t seen any of the Olympics either due to deciding to boycott the Games by not watching it. It’s been hard simply because I want to see the American teams and athletes win the gold. After reading about NBC’s coverage, I’m glad I’m not watching.
radio relay #13 my wife grounded me from the internet or news since Friday afternoon. She thought I was getting a little too angry especially after the gang of 10 in the Senate led by 5 Republicans to include the weasel Lindsey Graham decided to throw the nation under the bus with their sellout of an agreement on offshore drilling. I am in a much better mood after spending yesterday playing with my 8 month old granddaughter remembering what is most important in life. As much as I like to watch and participate in athletic events I just can’t bring myself to watch this communist love-in even without the sound.
I don’t like the biased NBC, I have religiously been trying to avoid buying Chinese products for years, (Sometimes there is just no choice and that is a shame) but.. Did you see those women volleyball players? Come on…
Well, Rob, that post certainly belies an earlier comment (I wish I can find it) you left on another thread here, that you like to irritate “religious nuts” and “libtards”, the former of which you meant to be “Christians”.
So I find it uncharacteristic of you to be quoting something from someone who apparently was referring to Christianity.
Don’t you see the oddity in that?
What about the dissidents in China? Do you forget about them when you watch the Games? If you don’t, don’t you worry you will forget them?
Or the coverage by NBC? You can stomach it? In the end, I have to ask, How can you or I watch the Games when we know about China and what is going on there every day?
Well, I like to place a couple of pillows behind my back and sip a Coke Zero.
If you think NOT watching the Olympics is going to solve anything you are a fool. And you will miss watching OUR athletes shine on the world stage.
Watch out,your heart is bleeding.
Socialists respecting socialists,not surprising-expected.
Grow up, people. Not everyone who works at NBC is a commie. There are probably 4 or 5 people at Rockefeller Center who live in fear of being uncovered as “non-communist operatives.”
Chairman Matt, however, is as red as ever…
NBC = Nothing But Communism
GE = Global Economy
You’re right, SpeakEasy. I have been boycotting the Olympics out of what I thought was principle. I’ve been realizing, however, I can watch the Games, root for my country’s athletes and still remember those dissidents in China.
Thanks for pointing out my foolishness. And for noticing my heart was bleeding.
On the opening extravaganza: I will grant that it is was something of an echo of the taste that totalitarian regimes have always had for spectacle. And, I will concede, it was made possible because of the nationalistic fervor of the government that was willing to expend an extraordinary sum of money — a sum that I dare say is unmatched by any comparable show ever produced in the West.
OTH, it was magnificent. And if there was anything aggressive or militaristic about it, then it completely escaped me.
It is not like we in the West don’t have a taste for spectacle. I just can’t get upset that the Chinese put their extraordinary ambition on display in such an extravagant, thrilling, tasteful, artistic way.
I made the sad mistake of spending a hundred bucks a couple of years ago to see Cirque du Soleil’s “Delerium.” (Spare me the French bashing remarks, morons.) Delerium was a comparable kind of a show but hardly a dull, gray, hint of what the Chicoms created. Credit where credit is due: This was the most spectacular show of this sort every staged on the planet. And without a single costume malfunction. America loves this kind of eye candy. So unless we have already decided to go to war with these people, I really don’t get the point of taking such pissy attitudes about their great show.
“This is not the NBC that I knew, but I will buy, er, uh, um, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth…. er, uh, um,of commercials”
Oh, I, I er, uh, um, never would have gone to Beijing, but……er, uh, um, about Iran, I promise to be chatty kathy.
Odopey 08′
My post above should have been addressed specifically to emjem24′s #2, which went so hard at the opening show. But the whole thread displays a level of scary belligerence that I associate with –SURPRISE…with the Chicoms, themselves, at their worst, or even the North Koreans.
Exactly.
aj …
“odopey” … good one buddy …
definitely got the “Dopey” ears part right
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IR and SpeakEasy, spot on. The unrelenting negativity and bitterness on this site is mind numbing at times. All due credit to the Chinese people for a fabulous Olympics so far.
GO USA!
And dl don’t forget the keen resemblance to this, dumbo.
I’m enjoying some of the Olympics thus far, trying to blow off the other B.S
China will never change.
Go U.S.A.
Ketht and MSNBC have “come out of the closet” about two years ago.
One thing about it that irks me a tad is kobe (the rapist) will probably end up with a gold medal.
NBA et all havin given this guy a pass.
I’m disappointed that McCain and Obama bought ad time throughout the Olympics. Between the two of them, they spent $11,000,000.
aj, I’m a Celtics guy, so not normally predisposed to defending Kobe, but I believe the charges against him were dropped. In any event, I sure hope Kobe gets a gold, because that’ll mean we won the hoops tournament. Watch out for Spain though. Watched them handle Greece late last night. We’re looking good though.
AJ, I’m a Celtics fan. I hate Kobe. I hate his petulant attitude. I hate his style of play. Hate, hate, hate.
But he’s not a rapist anymore than the Duke lacrosse players were.
As for the Olympics, I’m watching. But I’m not afraid to annoy my couch mates by badmouthing most of the countries involved.
Also, I am trying to watch events with Taipei Chinese. Medals for Taiwan on the mainland would be a nice contemporary equivalent of Jesse Owens sticking it to Hitler and his Aryan ideal with his golds in the 1936 Games.
Dakine, nice to know that we root for the good guys.
Re American basketball, I can’t bring myself to root for them. They are such heavy favorites…I hate it when heavy favorites win. Go Lithuania!
I want America to win the total medal count, but in every individual event I end up rooting for the underdog. I can’t see the forest for the trees I guess.
I’ll be happy for the rest of the team, just not him. I understand the “charges were dropped” along with a lot of $$$$$$$$ to the gal, whom by the way I think is no saint either…. anywho…. good day all.
watching limited Olympics events … primarily US if I happen to know a specific game or event is on or come across it while channel surfing … just not planning my TV watching around it as I once did … remote mute button getting a good workout at times …
agree about comparison to Jesse Owens … would love to see Taiwan take some medals home from mainland China …
Yep, I noticed the NBC cheerleading for all things Chinese but I have not let that deprive me of watching for free the display of athletic excellence from more than 200 countries. The Olympics have always been political. Boycotting them in person or on TV is not going to change anything but if you are interested in sports you will miss a lot of exciting competition.
Oh, you are so on the money on this one! NBC is totally in the bag. And the commentary during the opening ceremony was noxious and unbelievable when we were told all about how China is so “green,” and envirofriendly — right! What were they breathing all last week!! Smog. And did they finally clean up the algae so the yachts can race? Argh! So GE, NBC and all the little affiliates have sold their souls for ratings during this event…what a surprise. They also sold out the poor, impoverished Chinese who lost their homes “for the greater good.” Kinda like what Democrats want to happen here and anywhere else in the world where freedom and individualism are an obstacle to what the elites determine is right for society. You don’t like $4 gas? Wait til Al Gore REALLY gets through with you.
Except when it comes to defenseless unborn babies and women who have been raped.
Ain’t that the truth.
When one goes to the zoo and discovers the wild animals does one then exasperate OMG they have wild animals at the zoo! And so when going to communist China does one exasperate they have a bunch of communist in China. Sure go ahead but take an adult with you when you go to the zoo.
Not speaking Chinese I really appreciate NBC explaining the various points made during the opening ceremonies other than that I expected to see and hear chicom but then I shop at WalMart too. The Olympics are not the place to play your banjo for cause.
No, therefore, no.
After watching a weekend packed full of great racing (NCTS, NNS, NSCS, ALMS, ROLEX, AND WoO), I really could not care less about the 2008 Communist Games.
Americans worry too much about what is happening in other countries and not enough about the sad state of their own.
I could care less about China and I can guarantee that China doesn’t care a fig about me.
I’m not watching the Olympics. I will absolutely not watch the Olympics. I will not even acknowledge that they are on. Once the IOC “awarded” the Olympics to China, I washed my hands of them completely.
I was beginning to wonder if I was having hallucinations from the subliminal LED laser beam messages. The one that infuriated me was the random interview with the American couple of Chinese descent who decided to move over there so their “good Western culture would rub off on the Chinese” — at the astoundment of their parents who, it sounded like, left China in fear. Capitalist missionaries/ambassadors? Wow. That was a new one.
We are dvr-ing this, so I have to confess that every time I see one of the NBC reporters I hit fast-forward. Is there something in their water that makes them think that everyone and everything has to be all nicey-nice? Or is it that the Chinese will revoke their broadcasting privileges if they actually say anything real? Hmmm.
Pardon the grammar. At my house it’s No NBC, None of the Time.
Haven’t heard a word myself. I DVR 3 hour blocks then fast forward thru to the real sports events ( don’t know if I can handle even one stupid ‘real life story’ from an athletes family, especially a Chinese participant)
So I’ve seen a few races in swimming, gymnastics and can’t wait for wrestling and I haven’t had to listen to any N.B.S..
I get all my Olympic info from the Daily Show.
OK, no, I don’t.
My interest in the Olympics is cursory. Like DL, if I’m channel surfing and I stumble across them, I may watch. Haven’t seen one minute of them yet.
Sarc humor alert: I wonder if Matt Lauer wakes up in his hotel room, goes to the window, stretches and inhales deeply, then says, “Ah, I love the smell of repression in the morning…”
To be fair, he probably has seen things he would like to talk about but understands that it’s not wise to badmouth people when staying as a guest in their house. The flip side is that when he returns to America, he won’t say anything then, either.
If I was a progressive American journalist, it would bother me that I could not access everything I wanted on the Internet, that the Chinese government is ashamed of the nearby local businesses (interesting Boston Globe photo, Dimsdale), that the level of repression is so blatant in this day and age, and that my colleagues would overlook it. (I know, I know, not all of them do.)
Additionally, when Lauer brings up a poll which portrays Chinese as happier than Americans while Newsbusters cites polls that show otherwise, I’m lead even more toward taking any mention of polls with a grain of salt unless the results are consistently overwhelming, like the disapproval ratings of our reps in DC. Granted, I hear from a reputable source that many of us Americans are bitter, so I understand where Matt Lauer is coming from.
If you could care less about China and believe that China could care less about America, I would recommend taking a spot next to Rip Van Winkle and sleeping through the next twenty years. Hopefully, we’d be able to wake up again, but things will look a bit different.
Just heard one of the commentators lamenting that the Romanians don’t have the ‘intensity’ they had in the days of Nadia.
Um, yeah you mornon, I’m sure they miss the ‘perform or disappear’ motivation of the good old days.
My husband and I noticed during the Opening Ceremony that the commentators could say nothing but good things about China. And the play by play about the history of China, as told by the Opening Ceremony was rather annoying after a while. I would have liked to have just watched it without listening to them ramble.
But I have not heard anything bad about the US. (haven’t watched 24/7 though!) In fact, I thought they were rather respectful to Pres. Bush which surprised me.
I do think they’re going overboard showcasing the Chinese athletes. Hello – we are in the US we want to see our own people!
This isn’t surprising… I am sure that NBC was required by the Chicoms, in order to secure access to the Olympics, tow the line in regards to the politically correct presentation of Chinese communism.
I stopped watching the Olympics years ago. What is purported to be the world “coming together” has long ago devolved into a political sideshow, much like the Academy Awards, where all the attending nations wear their political agendas out on their sleeves. We have enough problems with nations around the world doing that “for real” —- why should we have to see it during the Olympics?
NEW AND IMPROVED NBC LOGO
I emailed MM a non watermarked copy.
Have not been watching the propaganda from NBC at all I will not even flip thru channels and go near it, I don’t want to have any part in helping their ratings.
Bob Costas had just interviewed President Bush. He did not hold back and questioned Bush with regards to the oppressive Chinese government as well as its cooperation with Sudan.
The Costas interview with Pres. Bush was first rate. Went a long ways toward refuting many of the uninformed comments in this thread regarding the Bush doctrine on China, NBC’s coverage and the Beijing Olympics in general. Costas conducted an exceptional interview and Bush came off very, very well.
I probably wont live much longer than 20 or so years anyway, and right now, where I live, it is looking a lot like Mexico..
Why do I suspect that most of the anti-China hysterics on this thread were also having a fit when the Olympics were held in that Satanic Salt Lake City where all those Mormons live, who are definitely NOT Christians. [sarcasm -- beginning to end -- every word, sarcasm; important to label things clearly for the clueless nitwits haunting this thread to bash the Yellow Peril...or is it the Red Peril?]
This is interesting.
McCain and Obama buy Olympic ads on the cheap.
I have been enjoying the hell out of the games so far on the 52″ High Def TV…they have never looked better, and have been tuning out all the butt kissing.
I could not stand watching the opening ceremonies after China walked in. You would think that Yao was the only person in the stadium. At one point, even HE got pissed off at the camera being in his face and you can see him telling the camera man to stop shooting him and to shoot the guy with the torch in the air…I believe he was actually saying something like, “Don’t look at me…the show is out there”.
Then with the basketball game today, you would think he was the only person on the court. they completely ignored our team and just blew tons of smoke up Yao and the Chinese team…even after we trounced them by some 30 points.
I have to say, they have been giving just endless amounts of support to the Chinese team. No matter what the sport, all you hear is how wonderful the Chinese teams are and how perfect etc.
While I look forward to the Olympics every two years, I think there really is something to be said with the way NBC is just oozing and gushing over the Chinese teams. If I was one of the American Team’s coaches, the first chance I had at an interview i would try to remind them just what country they are from and represent.
That being said, watching the Americans sweep in Sabre, and watching Phelps this morning was just great, and I can’t wait to see the U.S. whoop everyone else in the medal count when it is all over.
One more thing…NBC does seem to be showing less commercials this year than in the past. it used to be about 5 minutes of coverage…more like a highlights reel, and the next 10-15 minutes of comemercials. This year, they really are showing a large amount of the actual sports and the commercials are spread much farther out and not as long.
I am not supporting NBC, for I have no choice in what to watch as far as the games go. I am supporting our teams in all they do…and I will not punish those young men and women who worked so hard to be able to stand on the podium and listen to the National Anthem of this country…even if the Chinese cut it off when it reaches, “For the Land of the Free/And the Home of the Brave”.
Blind Mule, we were thinking the same thing.
1. As said by another, the opening ceremonies remind me of this despair.com poster.
2. There’s quite a contrast between the commentating style of 1972 and today. Listen to the commentators during Dan Gable’s Gold Medal match against the USSR, then go back to watching this year’s Olympics on NBC. The American commentators in 1972 sounded American.
3. It may be good and proper for some of these commentators to look at their passport as a reminder of their country of origin. The last I checked, “the world” is not a country, but the United States of America, by God, is.
I’m really enjoying the games so far… except for the NBC commentators. In every event I’ve watched with US athletes, they’ve put them down in some way. With men’s gymnastics, it was “So-and-so really isn’t good at this event.” With swimming tonight it was, “Katie Hoff was a disappointment b/c she got bronze.”
I’m sick of it; I can understand wanting to build drama, but doing so at the expense of an athlete who has worked so hard to qualify for the Olympics is so tacky and disrespectful.
President Bush was interviewed and asked some tough questions about China’s human rights policies-he hit the nail on the head with each of his answers…
I am going to miss his candid strength ..
Thank you – Mr. President – for standing strong on most issues…..
I wouldn’t say that I’m hysterically against China. I would say I’m…concerned.
Rob, you’ve got a more immediate problem with the Estados Unidos? I feel your pain.
PS – for those not watching the games..
our US 3- day (eventing-equestrian) team is still in the standings….
Our women’s fencing team was great (I didn’t know fencing was in -haven’t watched the games ( except dressage) in years…
I’ll keep you posted on the equestrian events
PSS
Other comments from our President:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-sunday-in-china-president-bush.html#comments
Click the vid-one my favorite hymns is being sung in the background…in Chinese…
For those not familiar – it is
Onward Christian Soldiers….
Um…was this ethical?
I can’t even comment because I don’t watch much of NBC anymore.
They should get Seinfeld back.
That’s all I gotta say.
The Olympics in China is what it is, water under the bridge. Now is the time to support the American athletes, just like President Bush and his family are doing. He’s been at many events and has met with the athletes. Every interview he’s given has included strong words for Communist oppression.
What a great experience for all of these young athletes to not only get to compete in the culmination of many years of hard work but to also meet the President and his family.
The opening ceremonies seemed to me to be the performances of thousands of Chinese who are proud to be hosting the world. It was spectacular.
China is far more free than it has been in the past. As they become more economically free, perhaps they will eventually throw off the cloak of Communism. Being exposed to thousands of the world’s free citizens can’t hurt that effort.
As for the coverage, we don’t watch that part, just the athletes. I did notice that as the women’s bike racers were riding through Tiananmen Square, they recited the ancient history of the square without a mention of the massacre. I used that as a teaching moment for my teenagers. In fact, we’ve had a lot of discussions about Communism, what the government did to the people when they built the Olympic facilities, etc.
And tonight was so great when the men won the 400m freestyle relay, beating their world record by 4 seconds and shutting up the trash-talking French. What a race!
Have not watched it, will not watch it, wish the U.S. athletes weren’t there, wish President Bush wasn’t there.
In lieu of time spent watching the Olympics, I’d like to challenge any and everyone to use that time to read Bill Gertz’s book, “Enemies: How America’s Foes Steal Our Vital Secrets–and How We Let It Happen.” You’ll receive a much more accurate depiction of China’s government versus that which is conjured up by the obsequious peacock. Sure, those feathers are pretty, but they conceal a myriad of rusty fishhooks.
We should send McAmnesty over to China. He can open up their borders, destroy their economy and culture and let them collapse from within. He can take that total loser and buffon Lindsey Grahamnisty too!
I am going to 100% disagree with you that you think NBC should be making the Olympics a huge political event. I am glad I can turn on the TV and just see our athletes competing and not worry that it is going to be filled with opinion pieces by the media on what China should or should not do. If fact you have bashed the media time and again for doing that in it’s reporting, but now that there is a subject or idea you agree with you are now advocating they do exactly what you stated they should not before.
Well said retfireman….
Rob, nah, send them al gore instead, let him start there and see how things go, then he can call in Odopey to talk with the meanies. Mc Cain will be busy in the White House.
Good morning,
Did anyone else catch the report that the Chinese practically kidnapped the Governor of Guam (a U.S. territory) to stop him from talking to an Australian Journalist? fm. Theo Spark
I would rather he was busy building a wall and deporting Mexicans, and Muslims.
I can honestly say this is the first time i really havent been interested in watching the olympics. too much other stuff involved with the whole affair to actually find enjoyment in the actual sports part.
NBC has been a Commuist front since the days of their “Ugly America” “news” series on Huntly Brinkly from the early to late 1950′s. Which they copied from CBS’s Cronkite BTW.
This is not news.
We can all dream rob.
I like CBC broadcasts a lot better…More live action, less commercials, and boatloads less gibberish and gushy drama.
For a network that has had countless “Green Weeks,” doesn’t anyone else find it interesting that the NBC commentators continually call the air over Beijing “haze”? I guess NBC just decided to go along to get along with their Chinese handlers.