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Grant White ulgw at dewey.newcastle.edu.au
Sun Aug 4 14:03:45 CDT 1996


>
>How's Olympic coverage in other countries? 

In a word "Parochial".

The Oz media has been very interested in Atlanta, not least because Sydney
got the short straw for the next one and they're full of  "how much we can
learn to make it a much better olympics" kind of thing as well as
concentrating on the victorious victories of the "soon to be seen on a
cereal box near you" athletes.

The coverage itself while technically excellent and well polished is marred
by the typical idiots who have to comment on the events. I actually heard
one announcer describe a battling Australian in the 800m as "lactating" at
the finish. No mean feat, as he was male but I guess the drug testing would
have sorted him out after the event.

Australians in the main, are very interested in sport, the Olympics
especially and quite naive as to the motivations of various Athletes,
sponsors, officials and the Olympic organising machine in general. Poor
fools that we are.

Ah,  feels better to get that off my chest.

GW.

Grant White
University of Newcastle
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"......and the man climbed back
Out of the marvellous as he had known it."
Lightenings VIII
Seamus Heaney






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