Comments on: Beijing 2008: The end of US, erm, dominance? http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/14/beijing-2008-the-end-of-us-erm-dominance/ A Qing historian reads the newspaper... Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:31:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: stuart http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/14/beijing-2008-the-end-of-us-erm-dominance/comment-page-1/#comment-3513 stuart Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:37:49 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=551#comment-3513 As for the medal tally, China was always going to top the table with most golds. It won't even be close. There has to be some examination, I feel, of the obsessive way they've gone about achieving this, though. Those girls were NOT all 16!! As for the medal tally, China was always going to top the table with most golds. It won’t even be close.

There has to be some examination, I feel, of the obsessive way they’ve gone about achieving this, though. Those girls were NOT all 16!!

]]> By: stuart http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/14/beijing-2008-the-end-of-us-erm-dominance/comment-page-1/#comment-3512 stuart Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:34:02 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=551#comment-3512 It was hardly unexpected, but CCTV's coverage of the Games so far has been woefully lacking in international flavour or professionalism. On the topic of international flavour, home support and petty restrictions seem to have removed a lot of colour from the events I've seen on TV so far. Then again, that might just be a by-product of CCTV's broadcasts. It was hardly unexpected, but CCTV’s coverage of the Games so far has been woefully lacking in international flavour or professionalism.

On the topic of international flavour, home support and petty restrictions seem to have removed a lot of colour from the events I’ve seen on TV so far. Then again, that might just be a by-product of CCTV’s broadcasts.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/14/beijing-2008-the-end-of-us-erm-dominance/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 Jeremiah Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:44:03 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=551#comment-3509 Wu Ming, They do have numerous channels involved it seems...USA, CNBC, MSNBC, etc. I will say that I've seen more features and commentary on non-US athletes on NBC than I've seen on non-Chinese athletes by CCTV, but that's hardly saying a lot. Wu Ming,

They do have numerous channels involved it seems…USA, CNBC, MSNBC, etc. I will say that I’ve seen more features and commentary on non-US athletes on NBC than I’ve seen on non-Chinese athletes by CCTV, but that’s hardly saying a lot.

]]> By: wu ming http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/14/beijing-2008-the-end-of-us-erm-dominance/comment-page-1/#comment-3507 wu ming Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:54:41 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=551#comment-3507 i just wish they did something like the triplecast in '92, a sort of c-span for olympic sports where showing the competition itself far outweighed insipid commentary, and the range of sports shown dwarfed anything on american TV since. i used to love the olympics for the very fact that i could actually see athletes from other countries, playing sports i could barely grasp and never played. these days, i can't even bear to turn the TV on. i just wish they did something like the triplecast in ’92, a sort of c-span for olympic sports where showing the competition itself far outweighed insipid commentary, and the range of sports shown dwarfed anything on american TV since.

i used to love the olympics for the very fact that i could actually see athletes from other countries, playing sports i could barely grasp and never played. these days, i can’t even bear to turn the TV on.

]]> By: froog http://granitestudio.org/2008/08/14/beijing-2008-the-end-of-us-erm-dominance/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 froog Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:29:23 +0000 http://granitestudio.org/?p=551#comment-3505 Cornwallis surrendered - I didn't! Cornwallis surrendered – I didn’t!

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