Comments on: NBC’s Green Political Football

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:44:42 +0000

Also, Faith Hill is orders of magnitude better than Pink was last year. I practically wore out my mute button avoiding that garbage.

No question about that. I like Faith Hill just fine, just not her bogus football anthem. Hank Jr. connotes the manly game a bit better, methinks.

By: Dodd

Dodd — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:52:40 +0000

They sent Matt Laeur off to the Arctic for some reason.

Did they? He said he was in Greenland and the screen said the temp was -12, yet it looked like a badly made set, he didn't shiver or otherwise appear especially cold, and his breath wasn't misting when he talked. Is there some scientific reason we wouldn't be able to see his breath at that temp (a possibility I am entirely open to) or was that just a put on?

Also, Faith Hill is orders of magnitude better than Pink was last year. I practically wore out my mute button avoiding that garbage.

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:22:42 +0000

At least Bob Costas was up front and explained it was part of parent company GE's eco promotion. It took the conglomerate that long to realize they could turn their tv networks into powerful advertising devices.

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:38:41 +0000

Does it not make you yearn for the early days, when they had Frank Gilford, Dan Mereith, and that lovable asshole, Howard Cosell in the broadcast booth?
If they pissed you off, it was about you disagreeing with them in the realm of Pro football.

By: Eneils Bailey

Eneils Bailey — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:21:28 +0000

Last night, I muted the sound, as I usually do during halftime of most Sunday and Monday football games. I thought they had a power failure in the broadcast booth. Then I saw Matt Lauder and turned up the sound. What the hell did all this have to do with Pro football? If I want political pandering on this issue I will watch network news every night. All three major networks do a better job of pandering on this issue than sport's commentators who should know better. Katie Couric is my favorite panderer on this issue.
Tonight I am going to tune in the game, mute out the sound and see if I can pick up an audio feed on my Sirius Satellite radio.

And you are right, all of them are bad, and ESPN is the worst.

By: M. Murcek

M. Murcek — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:56:01 +0000

ESPN and NBC forked over the big cash, and barring precipitous declines in viewership that affect the NFL bottom line (unlikely) more of the current craptastic coverage is what we will be getting. It's a good thing you can often turn off the TV sound and listen to radio coverage of the game, which at least seldom completely misses plays while interviewing the celebrity nitwit of the evening...