Thursday, August 21, 2008

Olympic Notes

Over the last few days I've got to see some athletics on NBC!

After the Women's 100m final, they used a directional mike on the mother of an American athlete so we could hear what she was saying to her friend about her daughter's failure to win a medal. She didn't know we were watching her and she didn't know we were listening to her conversation. The police wouldn't be able to do this without a court order, but it seems it's just fine if you're NBC (and in China)

By the way, have a look at these different medals tables:

BBC Medal table:
               G  S  B  T
China         46 15 22 83
USA           29 34 32 95
Great Britain 17 12 11 40
Russia        16 16 19 51

NBC Medal table:
               G  S  B  T
USA           29 34 32 95
China         46 15 22 83
Russia        16 16 19 51
Great Britain 17 12 11 40

I love the way NBC consider a bronze medal to be of equal worth to a gold. I wonder if it is a coincidence that this eccentric approach puts USA on the top?

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