Comments on: Updating NBC’s Fawning China Coverage

By: Mike Licht

Mike Licht — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:36:59 +0000

Send general assignment reporters across the globe. Make them rise early, sit on hard stadium seats, and watch the same contests over and over and over again as competitors are eliminated. For two weeks. Personally, I would start asking passersby about Uighurs on the morning of Day 2.

By: kopTsion

kopTsion — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:36:50 +0000

Well you can't mix politics with sports, especially in the olympics. What if the olympics were being held here in the U.S., would you want these reporters talking about Iraq, Guantanmo Bay, Katrina and other issues instead? I bet you did not think of it like that.

By: Pop Cesspool

Pop Cesspool — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:37:03 +0000

It would be awesome if Carillo went to places where nobody has seen an American in person before.

By: Reid

Reid — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:11:49 +0000

A Hobson's Choice does not me a difficult choice; it means an illusory choice. Classic Hobson's Choices are "Your money or your life" or "You can have any color, so long as it's black". A catch-22 dilemma is not a Hobson's Choice. In this situation, the real Hobson's Choice is on the part of NBC. China will let them cover all aspects of the country, so long as it's fluff.

By: Cherkis

Cherkis — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:09:05 +0000

This morning Al Roker on the today show dined on pig parts and scorpion, etc. The rest of the cast did same except for that wuss Matt Lauer who confessed to having some stomach issues.

Pollution is just haze or fog or something.