Did NBC Alter the Olympics' Opening Ceremony? 499
techmuse writes "Viewing the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony online at NBC's Olympics website, you can see that the order in which the countries were presented was very different from the actual order of the countries in the ceremony, as listed at Wikipedia. NBC skipped roughly 100 countries ahead, then jumped back and forth, apparently delaying the appearance of the United States in its home market until later in the broadcast. (In fact, the US team was shown on the infield before they were shown marching!) NBC did not acknowledge this in its broadcast. Is NBC altering the reality of the broadcast to boost ratings? Was this true only online, or also in the live broadcast?"
Last Post!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Last Post!!!!
What web Broadcast? (Score:5, Funny)
If you are not Windows or Mac, there is no web broadcast.
Gets me thinking, how did a Slashdoter view the web broadcast... Is someone using Windows?
NBC alters the Olympics... (Score:4, Funny)
to further nationalistic propaganda. All the medals won by Americans in the past were all actually made of tin. All the better to make hats with!
Cheers!
Other countries? (Score:5, Funny)
Hi:
I thought only America was in the Olympics. When did they start letting other countries participate?
Re:This just in... (Score:4, Funny)
dilemma (Score:5, Funny)
Now I don't know whether to boycott the Olympic Games because of China ignoring human rights or because it was converted to a festival of commerce. If it goes on like this, I may be soon able to boycott each day of Olympics for a different reason.
Re:This just in... (Score:5, Funny)
Movie at 11.
Movie at about 12mid/11pm CT on NBC affilitates tonight... due to Olympic runover. You just never know when those taped sporting events will end.
Re:YOUR GAY (Score:4, Funny)
your gay and youe a newb your gay and youe a newb
Translation:
"Translate Server Error."
Re:What web Broadcast? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Last Post!!! (Score:1, Funny)
Second Last Post!
Re:Last Post!!! (Score:5, Funny)
first post in UK, 29th post in USA!
Re:not a real issue (Score:5, Funny)
Oh my, you mean you can't believe what's on tv? (Score:4, Funny)
Oh my, oh my. You mean the TV companies alter reality for marketing purposes? I am shocked.
All those yellow lines that magically appear and disappear on the football fields?
All those "billboards" that are not really there on the stadium wall?
I bet those starlets are even where padded bras. Do you think that they might even have had surgery. Goodness gracious, I wonder if Barbara Walters uses botox?
And those wrestlers. Do you think that they might be using steroids?
I am shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
Actually, the MSNBC online video let's you pick what you want to see and caries a lot of obscure sports from end to end. Much better than listening to Pierre Salinger babble on about wine tasting in all the French villages while you are waiting to see actual athletes.
AAAGGGHHH! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:not a real issue (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah but more entertaining & original.
Re:This just in... (Score:5, Funny)
There..fixed that for ya.
Re:not a real issue (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Other countries? (Score:5, Funny)
The other countries are kinda like the Washington Generals, we just need them there so America can show of their skills.
Re:OMGWTF!?!?! (Score:5, Funny)
"Momento" sure made a lot more sense when it was shown on NBC!
Mr. Godwin please pick up the red courtesy phone. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:OMGWTF!?!?! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:dilemma (Score:2, Funny)
I've decided to boycott Linux because the Finns are killing whales, many of whom are smarter than Linus Torvalds.
Re:not a real issue (Score:3, Funny)
Re:not a real issue (Score:2, Funny)
But then he wouldn't have gotten the chance to be a wordy, condescending asshole, and that wouldn't be Slashdot.
Re:I'm sure I'm the only one on the planet, but... (Score:1, Funny)
" The GOP is living proof that, if not bound by troublesome concepts like fairness, freedom, and morality,... "
Fixed your typo.
HTH!
HAND!
Re:Last Post!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not the most disrespectful behaviour. (Score:5, Funny)
I didn't realize that the UK had such a big hand molding the games in ancient Greece. Thanks for clearing that up! I didn't know that!
-Just another stupid American
(tongue firmly in cheek, for the humor impaired)
Re:This just in... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:not a real issue (Score:5, Funny)
Most Chinese dictionaries actually sort characters first by the radical and then by stoke count within each group of radicals.
Fool! Look at the government sanctioned sites! There are NO radicals in China!
Re:This just in... (Score:4, Funny)
Right, because the self-proclaimed sidestream media is such a paragon of truthiness. Fox News seems to think that fact checking is a payroll system.
Re:not a real issue (Score:5, Funny)
No free radicals, you mean. Which is why Chinese always look so healthy and young.
Re:Last Post!!! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:not a real issue (Score:2, Funny)
The story didn't change. A bunch of people walked in a circle. NBC showed you a bunch of people walking in a circle. If it had been edited to look like the fireworks displays were going off when the American team came in, or to look like Nicolas Sarkozy was falling asleep when the Chinese team came on (instead of Uzbekistan or whatever it was), sure, what you are saying might be reasonable. But as it stands, you are making me wish slashdot had [img] tags so I could do better than just link to this. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/cowcowmoomoo1/arguingOnTheInternet.jpg [photobucket.com]
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Re:OMGWTF!?!?! (Score:1, Funny)
That reminds me of this cool movie called Memento...
Re:Did anyone else see (Score:2, Funny)