Happy Face 29 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Loved the olympics, but anyone that has used the branding phrase "Team GB" at all in the last few year wants shot. 5Live and the BBC have lapped that shit up. Fucking Don Draper, the cunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Big example was Becky Adlington. Let's be honest, she was unable to defend both her Olympic titles and finished well behind in 3rd in both. Usually 5Live would (and should) be asking questions and being constructive about what went wrong. Instead, it's a brilliant result apparently. Almost like they were too scared to be even the tiniest bit critical of anyone British. I'm not saying rip the poor lass apart and witch hunt her, but it just seemed very head in the sand and kind of summed their whole Olympic coverage up to be honest. Not objective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 How do you think other countries cover the Olympics? What makes you think the coverage should be more constructive, because its more informative or because it presents a better face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Claire Balding expressed the disappointment that Adlington didn't win a better medal in her second (preferred) event......and the BBC were inundated with complaints and she had to apologise and say how great a bronze was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 99 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 BBC nailed it like. I loved that I could hit the red button and chose the event I wanted to watch and then go online later and watch any highlights i wanted on their website or even stream at live at work. Brilliant stuff. While I'd have liked to have experienced it first hand for the atmosphere etc, in doing so you must miss a hell of a lot as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20038 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The BBC as general did a fantastic job and the extra channels available was fantastic. However a few items were a tad annoying. The fat cath word who interviewed some of the athletics people wasnt very nice towards some of the people nor respectable towards the national anthemes. The Lassy who was commentatuing on the MTB XC was poorly informed and when interviewing Annie Last she didnt finish it with "Well Done Annie" or the like she just turned her back on her and walked away. Hugh Porter needs to retire too from the track commentating. The stuff with Jake & Cavendish was quite funny though; Jake: "Cav, tell us what happens in the elimination race" Cav: "People get eliminated" Jake: "Ok thanks" Cav just sits there giggling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Big example was Becky Adlington. Let's be honest, she was unable to defend both her Olympic titles and finished well behind in 3rd in both. Usually 5Live would (and should) be asking questions and being constructive about what went wrong. Instead, it's a brilliant result apparently. Almost like they were too scared to be even the tiniest bit critical of anyone British. I'm not saying rip the poor lass apart and witch hunt her, but it just seemed very head in the sand and kind of summed their whole Olympic coverage up to be honest. Not objective. Didn't she swim a better time than Beijing for one of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Was that SLP having a go at Tom Daley over twitter I wonder... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44652 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Didn't she swim a better time than Beijing for one of them? Aye, in the 800, and the lass that won it absolutely rinsed the world record too. She's been in 4 Olympic finals and has 4 medals, not a bad return. I know what SLP is saying like - she was the reigning champion and she was seen as one of our gold hopefuls, so when she finishes with a bronze, it is a bit of a disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15484 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 http://mofarahrunningawayfromthings.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10832 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 http://mofarahrunnin...ngs.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 MTB XC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15484 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Don't worry, the EPL is starting again soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Any English person caught typing/saying EPL wants shooting tbh, unless the context demands it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42288 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 http://mofarahrunningawayfromthings.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15484 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Any English person caught typing/saying EPL wants shooting tbh, unless the context demands it. Sounds reasonable to me. I rank it alongside "United" when it comes to football-related speech crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20038 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Whats wrong with that? Better than having to type Mountain bike cross country all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 We're not all bike nerds so not everyone understands the jargon. Same reason that if drawn into a conversation about heart disease I'll say 'heart attack' not 'MI'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20038 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Is MTB XC Really that difficult to fathom out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15484 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Is MTB XC Really that difficult to fathom out? Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Is MTB XC Really that difficult to fathom out? MI isn't either if you google it but that's not really the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42288 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Y IAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Olympic highlights programme is about to start on bbc 1 for those who missed it yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Ennis is fucking outrageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 She's going to get me sent to prison man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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