#NBCFail

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Seems these tender wusses are spending too much time in the hot kitchen. Get out now and save yourselves!



What exactly did Guy Adams have to say? Plenty. Here's a look at some of his tweets, all of which are now hidden, but have been preserved on Topsy:

@guyadams Guy Adams
Am I alone in wondering why NBColympics think its acceptable to pretend this road race is being broadcast live?
3 days ago

@guyadams Guy Adams
According to NBC's commentary team, the Surrey countryside is full of “chateaus” #ffs!

@guyadams Guy Adams
Matt Lauer: “Madagascar, a location indelibly associated with a couple of recent animated movies.” #tosspot

@guyadams Guy Adams
Matt Lauer would do well to shut up, wouldn't he?
3 days ago

@guyadams Guy Adams
Techcrunch call @NBColympics total buffoons Why 140 characters is plenty | TechCrunch Sums up why Gary Zenkel, moronic exec behind the time delay, shd be fired

@guyadams Guy Adams
If only someone had invented a technology to help us actually see this. Oh, wait... MT @NBCOlympics: Muhammad Ali is one of the flag bearers

@guyadams Guy Adams
“Sneak peak” my arse MT @NBCOlympics: Check out this sneak peek of tonight's #OpeningCeremony http://t.co/vf7KKMf9
3 days ago

@guyadams Guy Adams
Say “up yours” to @nbcolympics and watch that opening ceremony here MT @edfcarrasco: we got what the people want: NBC Won't Stream Olympic Opening Ceremony, But Others Step In
3 days ago

@guyadams Guy Adams
America's left coast forced to watch Olympic ceremony on SIX HOUR time delay. Disgusting money-grabbing by @NBColympics Opening Ceremony Will Not Be Streamed Online - From Our Editors - SBNation.com
4 days ago

@guyadams Guy Adams
I have 1000 channels on my TV. Not one will be showing the Olympics opening ceremony live. Because NBC are utter, utter bastards.
4 days ago

@guyadams Guy Adams
The man responsible for NBC pretending the Olympics haven't started yet is Gary Zenkel. Tell him what u think! Email: Gary.zenkel@nbcuni.com



Journalist at The Independent has Twitter account suspended after complaining about NBC's coverage of London 2012 Olympics



#NBCFail: Journalist at The Independent has Twitter account suspended after complaining about NBC's coverage of London 2012 Olympics - Americas - World - The Independent




Critic of NBC has Twitter account suspended after network complains



Critic of NBC has Twitter account suspended after network complains - Yahoo! Sports
 
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Did Twitter alert NBC to Adams' Olympics criticism?

Did Twitter alert NBC to Adams' Olympics criticism? | Internet & Media - CNET News


 
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taxslave said:
Who is Guy Adams and why should we care what anyone that uses twitter has to say?
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Both questions are answered in the OP.

1. Journalist at The Independent.
2. Because NBC seems to be able to silence public criticism on it, and although the moon may be a rock it doesn't qualify as one we are all living under.

I wonder if Twitter will backpedal.
 
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Via sda:


The Feminization of Olympics Sports Coverage



If, during recent Olympics', you've occasionally turned into coverage from NBC, you might have noticed something a little peculiar. David Jones explains:
The year the Olympics became a reality show aimed at drama queens, I suppose not of complete coincidence, was 1992. That was the first year of MTV's The Real World, generally accepted as the first reality series. It was also the second Summer Games after NBC took over telecasts from ABC and the entire prime-time block became a chick-flick facsimile, courtesy of then-NBC Sports chieftain Dick Ebersol. That's when it was decided the casual audience, the ones who may watch or may not, needed some prompting.

Until then, boxing, track & field and basketball – sports targeting mainly a male audience – were prominent Olympic events on TV. Basketball hung in there because of the Dream Team. But boxing and track began to take a backseat to women's gymnastics and swimming, country club sports with high socioeconomic viewership and broad appeal among females.

That's pretty much when everything went to hell. Not because women began watching more. But because NBC began pandering to them at a floor wax marketing level, one that I'm sure many female viewers resent as much as males do.


small dead animals: The Feminization of Olympics Sports Coverage


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