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 Staes 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?"
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If true, the FCC should pull their broadcasting license. It's bad enough the way the networks slant the news, but falsifying it should be a crime if they're using public resources -- which they are, the broadcast spectrum.
Pull their license. (Score:2)
If true, the FCC should pull their broadcasting license. It's bad enough the way the networks slant the news, but falsifying it should be a crime if they're using public resources -- which they are, the broadcast spectrum.