Who was the brainiac in charge at OLN that decided to go to commercial the moment Lance rolled down the start line?
Somebody read your criticism. PL said when they came back with 8km or so to go (st.1) that they were going from there to the end. TV execs would have put in one more commercial break for suspense that would have come back to the action a few seconds after the crash.
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Then, as the final half-dozen starters came to the finish line, half of them didn't have their automatic finish times and positions flash up on the screen.
And did I mention Beloki getting supered as "Armstrong" during his ride?
I hope this isn't a sign of things to come for the coverage.
Personally I think they're paying *too much* attention to Lance. I think having Bob Roll doing "USPS updates" is a waste of his talents. He ought to be in the broadcast booth with Phil and Paul.
But I'm not complaining ... overall the coverage is great. I tape the afternoon program and watch it in the evening, so I just fast forward through the commercials (except for Bob's commercials!!) and through (shudder) Kristen Gum.
Joanne
MrBob said:
In article <[email hidden]>,
Tony Norton said:
Damn, it's hard to believe someone is already complaining about the coverage on OLN. Maybe you'd like to go back to the days of CBS and the likes of John Tesh
SNiP
You beat me to it.
Since OLN started covering the Tour two years ago, we previously hapless Americans have been in relative cycling heaven. These whiners remind me of Jason Alexander's character in 'Shallow Hal' who breaks up with a total babe because of the length of one of her toes.
