One thing that caught my eye while watching the ass-whomping that Team USA just laid on China in men's basketball was the writing on the uniforms. Why is it that the name of the country and player were written in English? Since the games are being held in Beijing, why isn't everything written in Mandarin? Is this done just because NBC has the rights to broadcast the games and somehow has a say in how things should look there?
Viewing NBC's coverage of the Olympic games and not noticing the slanted coverage toward American athletes and American dominated events is like reading Jolly Miserable's blog and finding something interesting, it just can't happen.
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Hmm you have a pretty good point but in reality the Latin characters are an international standard which is respected by everyone, because think about it the Slavs, Arabs, and Greeks all have Latin characters too. It's not Rossiya it's Russia, etc etc.
As for the slanted coverage, it's absolutely pathetic you are totally right.
What do you expect? We're in America. I wanna see events where Americans are involved. Well, not necessarily me. I wanna see all the men's basketball games, some gymnastics, and my boy Phelps ripping shit, but in general Americans want to see Americans compete, not the Serbia vs. Australia women' handball MSNBC was airing.
Do you complain when New York TV stations don't air the San Francisco 49ers playing the Arizona Cardinals and instead show the Giants and Jets?
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