{"id":1024,"date":"2008-08-23T21:04:02","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T21:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.georgethomasclark.com\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2010-06-11T21:04:37","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T21:04:37","slug":"bob-costas-explains-olympic-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgethomasclark.com\/bob-costas-explains-olympic-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Costas Explains Olympic Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING<strong> \u2013 <\/strong>Every night during the Olympic Games I\u2019m frequently overcome by sensual gratification and the release of absolute power: this invariably occurs as I tell billions of inconsequential viewers that, in essence, their time matters not, and fragments of headline sports they\u2019ve waited months to watch will be shown in two or three\u00a0 hours, and they must meanwhile squirm as I preside over the solemn presentation of tiddlywinks, coin chewing, ass slapping, and other compelling events which may be athletically obscure but serve to chain you to the sofa so tidal waves of advertising dollars can be harnessed to pay my glorious salary.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>Don\u2019t dare call me Napoleonic \u2013 I\u2019m a whisker taller than wee gymnast Shawn Johnson \u2013 but do be thankful I am more genial than the great conqueror and instead of eviscerating you I merely induce exhaustion by showing events eons after they become available.\u00a0 When, for example, some weekday swimming races began at ten p.m. Eastern Time we at the National Bellowing Company decreed Michael Phelps could not be viewed at seven on the West Coast.\u00a0 That would\u2019ve been logical and humane and therefore unthinkable.\u00a0 Instead, across the nation we insisted on irrational delays in order to emblazon you with raccoon eyes.\u00a0 Why should viewers in a backwater like Los Angeles get to watch Phelps gobble gold medals in prime time when those in New Jersey had to wait till late?\u00a0 Let everyone eat cake.\u00a0 Stay up until your brain wavers.\u00a0 Stay till you hate sports.\u00a0 The Olympics aren\u2019t about sports.\u00a0 If they were, we\u2019d broadcast events at predetermined times.\u00a0 Your comfort is irrelevant but your wallet is paramount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING \u2013 Every night during the Olympic Games I\u2019m frequently overcome by sensual gratification and the release of absolute power: this invariably occurs as I tell billions of inconsequential viewers that, in essence, their time matters not, and fragments of headline sports they\u2019ve waited months to watch will be shown in two or three\u00a0 hours,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231,37,62,86],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - 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