Disgusted with CTV and TSN Reporting of Olympics
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Found this article in the New York Times today and was pleasantly surprised to see that some Americans agree about the loss of CBC sports coverage.
Canadian TV Switch Displeases Americans
By JOANNE C. GERSTNER
Published: February 20, 2010
Here’s a couple of quotes from the article.
“I love watching the hockey on the CBC because they know the sport, they love it all,” Imby, 46, said. “This is only going to be the biggest event of the Olympics, hockey in Canada, and we have no hockey on the CBC. No Don Cherry, no Ron MacLean. Terrible. I always liked how the Canadians showed everything, not just their own teams.”
Sharon Lindstedt, a resident of Buffalo, has been watching CTV’s Olympic coverage.
“It’s better than NBC, but it’s not as good as the CBC,” Lindstedt, 53, said. “I’m trying to like the CTV. They’re a bit flashier than CBC. I know I’m lucky to have it. There is a clear difference between them and NBC. But I’d prefer CBC over them all. They’re more sophisticated, not as flashy.”
Frustrated American CBC Olympics fans are taking their protest to the Internet.
Kurt O’Keefe, a bankruptcy lawyer based in Detroit, started a Facebook page that longs for the CBC.
His Facebook group description reads: “In Detroit, we miss CBC. They covered the Games as if they were about the athletes and the competition, and not self-promotion of network personalities.” O’Keefe, a resident of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., said he was resigned to trying to make the best of this situation.
“I know we’ve been lucky to have options of how we watched the Olympics,” O’Keefe, 56, said. “Maybe we got spoiled. We’re now finding out how the Olympics looks to the rest of the country who can’t watch Canadian TV. Once you’ve had that choice, it makes it really hard to go back to just having NBC.”
Canadian TV Switch Displeases Americans
By JOANNE C. GERSTNER
Published: February 20, 2010
Here’s a couple of quotes from the article.
“I love watching the hockey on the CBC because they know the sport, they love it all,” Imby, 46, said. “This is only going to be the biggest event of the Olympics, hockey in Canada, and we have no hockey on the CBC. No Don Cherry, no Ron MacLean. Terrible. I always liked how the Canadians showed everything, not just their own teams.”
Sharon Lindstedt, a resident of Buffalo, has been watching CTV’s Olympic coverage.
“It’s better than NBC, but it’s not as good as the CBC,” Lindstedt, 53, said. “I’m trying to like the CTV. They’re a bit flashier than CBC. I know I’m lucky to have it. There is a clear difference between them and NBC. But I’d prefer CBC over them all. They’re more sophisticated, not as flashy.”
Frustrated American CBC Olympics fans are taking their protest to the Internet.
Kurt O’Keefe, a bankruptcy lawyer based in Detroit, started a Facebook page that longs for the CBC.
His Facebook group description reads: “In Detroit, we miss CBC. They covered the Games as if they were about the athletes and the competition, and not self-promotion of network personalities.” O’Keefe, a resident of Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich., said he was resigned to trying to make the best of this situation.
“I know we’ve been lucky to have options of how we watched the Olympics,” O’Keefe, 56, said. “Maybe we got spoiled. We’re now finding out how the Olympics looks to the rest of the country who can’t watch Canadian TV. Once you’ve had that choice, it makes it really hard to go back to just having NBC.”
don't try to bunch the usa has bad repoters there a decent people here that report good games and news... so you should re think or re thought what you ment by that.
kindof rude insult
kindof rude insult
I'm very glad to be rid of don cherry and ron mcLean for
the olympics.
I never watch NBC, unless the others are repeats of what
I have seen, Costas with his little stories get tiring,
and we have the choice of three canadian ones, which I
like all of them better than the u.s. feed, but sometimes
if I want to get info re: an american athlete I will find
it on NBC, as they focus on their own athletes.
the olympics.
I never watch NBC, unless the others are repeats of what
I have seen, Costas with his little stories get tiring,
and we have the choice of three canadian ones, which I
like all of them better than the u.s. feed, but sometimes
if I want to get info re: an american athlete I will find
it on NBC, as they focus on their own athletes.
this is an exciting two weeks for canadians, we are having
fun, and there aren't that many threads about olympics, but
it doesn't matter, only one day left, and it's over, our
once in a lifetime celebration of the olympics at home.
GO CANADA GO
Oh, tallola, the positive energy that is so in evidence as a result of these Olympics is just awesome. Everywhere I go, people are talking about our country and our athletes. It is so exciting and so positive. What a wonderful time to be a Canadian citizen.
:canada:
You bet it is.
Two of my grandchildren, rode on the bus yesterday, then onto
the ferry, and spent the whole day in Vancouver, they just
couldn't stand missing out on the fun, 'and they had a ball'.
Took many pictures, the flame etc., people juggling, others
playing in bands, people everywhere, all day in the rain,
I'm sure glad when we went last monday, it was sunny and
warm all day, and we had a ball too.
We missed buying one of those 'japa' dogs, too long of a
lineup, they must be delicious.