It’s likely I’ve forgotten, but I don’t recall the last World Cup generating as much interest in the United States as this one is getting. The advertising is everywhere, and beautifully done. All the sportscasters are talking about it, obviously, but so are the news people. Even John Stewart and The Daily Show did a … Continue reading World Cup, the real super bowl
For the convenience of those who want to see all my comments on the Olympics — and especially for those who don’t — I’ve loaded them all (to date) into this one post. Figure Skating I still enjoy figure skating, but it doesn’t bring me out of my seat the way it used to. … Continue reading Grandma grades the Olympics
Launching its coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies this evening, NBC took the low road. In the first ten minutes of an eagerly awaited family television event, during the dinner hour, NBC ran the video of Nodar Kumaritashvili’s fatal luge crash. Twice. I was absolutely appalled. Not an hour before, I’d been on … Continue reading NBC opens Olympics with death video
I guess it’s a good thing I’m retired, because things I would have been all over once upon a time are now flying right by me. I was browsing for some “Super Bowl” info today, and Google asked me if I meant “Superbowl.” No, you stupid computer program, it’s not one word. Ah, but I … Continue reading Super Bowl … er, Superbowl … Sunday
As an addendum to the previous post, here are several petitions protesting the Focus on the Family anti-choice ad scheduled to run during the Super Bowl: Women’s Media Center Care2 Petitionsite Continue reading Petition against Super Bowl’s anti-choice ad
Abortion and the Super Bowl. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Yep, CBS has sold a 30-second Super Bowl spot to the evangelical, anti-abortion, anti-gay activist group Focus on the Family. I suppose they think it’s relevant and acceptable because it features a football player, Tim Tebow, and his mom. Wrong! The Super … Continue reading Super Bowl wrong place for abortion ad
