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+ Sun, August 15

CBC Love

Greg Storey wrote recently on Airbag about the disaster that is NBC’s Olympic coverage.  There are any number of problems with their coverage.  The special features replacing such other content as events, time trials and more events.  The incessant commercial breaks.  Bob & Katie.  Did I mention the lack of events?

Nestled where I am, just west of the sweet bosom of Windsor, Canada, I have the particular joy of Canada’s CBC broadcast.  In a half hour period I can expect one — maybe two — events on NBC. Over on the CBC, it’s constant athletics.  NBC was all about the USA vs. Puerto Rico basketball game, CBC was broadcasting the Men’s 200m Swimming time trials with the lane 3/lane 4 competition between Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe.

Without the CBC I don’t know if I’d even like to watch the Olympics.  Here’s to the day when international sports aren’t for sale to the highest bidder and we can all enjoy as we’d like to.

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