Now that I've brought up Election Day, I'll go ahead and point you to a little article I wrote about the experience of covering the 2004 election as part of the independent media. It's part of a week-long forum on the Free Press Action Network, "Media Coverage and the 2008 Elections." You can join the forum and post any thoughts you might have on this topic yourself.
WTTW/PBS really takes the cake. Each time they have the voice of an NPR reporter (and while we're on that topic, which producer thought that the voice of a radio reporter makes good TV?), they splash not one, but two, bumper stickers of different candidates across the screen. Folks, it's fresh, it's unique, and it's totally 1982. What more could you ask for in an electoral visual aide?
I've gotten used to Scott Hamilton's cheesy ways and the generally vapid nature of figure skating commentary. But Sandra Bezic I can't take any more. She's in the booth at the Olympics with Hamilton and old-timer Dick Button. Yes, Button's overly nostalgic and maybe says stupid things and doesn't understand the sport in the 21st Century as well as Sandra. But come on! Is it really necessary to contradict everything he says and talk to him in such a condescending tone? I'm hoping for an attititudinal shift before the Women's Figure Skating competition. And so I decided to take action.
I went to the NBC website to a section called: Talk to Chuck (it's sponsored by Charles Schwab). Here you can ask your favorite Olympic analyst a question. The questions up there now are: "Do you consider Emily Hughes a serious medal contender?" And "At what age should I start my daughter if she wants to figure skate?" So I think it's a long shot that they'll answer my question, but I'm giving it a try:
Sandra,
What do you have against Dick Button? Why are you always picking at him?
Maggie, Chicago, IL
And even if she doesn't answer my question, maybe she'll feel somewhat remorseful and bring Dick 5 mini-scones in the booth tonight.
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