Comments on: Olympic Stupid: NBC Anchors Are Un-American And I’m Sick Of Them

By: Obloodyhell

Obloodyhell — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:59:02 +0000

I don’t have a clue about Collinsworth personally, but, hey, he’s a former Gator, and I don’t think former Gators are likely to be too obnoxious — esp. not ones who had success there. There’s something about the overall attitude of sports at UF that engenders an appreciation of being an American.

I’d ask, instead, how much of his questions were scripted for him by someone else, and how much of it was edited to push some agenda by the media?

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By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:18:36 +0000

No More UnAmerican NBC for me…… I’ve had it with the likes of Chris Collingsworth… Goodbye NBC and General Electric

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:51:49 +0000

Oh shut up.
You call America a bunch of whiners yet here we are with, oh, twenty posts or so and you’re the only one whining.
I don’t remember where I read it but supposedly the average weight of the Chinese gymnasts is 75 pounds or so, less than the weight of anyone on the American team.
As far as proof of age, the IOC requires only a passport. And with the Chinese gov’t being the producer of said documents, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chinese gymnasts still had baby teeth to go with their “16 year old” passports.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:00 +0000

While I agree with you on Costas, I believe you’re way off base with regard to Collinsworth.

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:42:56 +0000

Melissa,

You drastically misread Collinsworth. He was leading Kobe into that answer. Watch him for any amount of time, and you get a feel for the man.

Remember that most of the anti-American folks aren’t going to reveal it so blatantly. Collinsowthr was so obviously poking at the anti-American folks that I am amazed others couldn’t pick up on the (very) thinly veiled sarcasm.

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:01:44 +0000

“Journalistic integrity” means NOTHING when it comes to politics.

http://tsfiles.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/even-washington-post-thinks-its-biased/

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:08:06 +0000

Last year Olberman was put onto NBC’s football coverage in an obvious attempt to garner more ratings for his piece of garbage show. The first segment he tried to carry over his worst person in the world segment into the football realm and make it the worst person in the nfl. Well, Collinsworth called him out on his political segment. Something to the effect of, do you really think Limbaugh is worse than Osama Bin laden? He did it on the air.

I think this was a misread but if it wasn’t for that exchange last year I could see how this interpretation of Collinsworth could be made.

By: ColoradoRight

ColoradoRight — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:05:08 +0000

Well, we knew this type of thing was coming when NBC pronounces before the games that the announcers wouldn’t be allowed to say “we” and “us” when talking about the American athletes.

I wonder if any other national network came out ahead of the games and said basically “we are so ashamed of our country we won’t even identify with it” in that way.

And it really says something about all of us when we are pleasantly surprised that one of our athletes is willing to say that he’s proud of America and our country is the best!

By: Dr. Melissa Clouthier

Dr. Melissa Clouthier — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:54:31 +0000

Bill,

I’m sorry you feel this way. Way back up there, I granted that I don’t know Collinsworth. It sounds like he’s a good man and a patriot.

I too, watched Costas’ interaction with Bela Karolyi and I stick to my opinion. And I stick to my opinion about the tone of the reporting generally. The NBC coverage has been ok and when it comes to reporting American greatness, it’s been apologetic. “Not that medal counts are important, but….” That’s how Costas ended his reporting this weekend. Please. Medal counts are too important. They are symbolic.

Anyway, this post was a rant and I blogged emotionally. Oh well… I am a proud conservative and a proud American and I’m sick of those who would represent us in the world acting apologetic about being American.