NBC Coverage of the Democratic Convention Stinks
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
by Missing Link
Last night I watched the Democratic National Convention and I watched Hillary Clinton give her speech. A few things occur to me about the Convention first of all. It must be quite an exhilarating experience to be on the floor of a convention. It must be very hypnotic to the party faithful who hear what they want to hear from people they want to hear it from. I don't think I could get caught up in it because my mind is so contrarian in nature. I'm always going through the what-ifs and the counter arguments in my head even if I don't entertain them seriously. I'd be a stick-in-the-mud.
Anyway, I didn't get to see that feller talk because Brian Williams kept yakking and yakking about whether Hillary Clinton was going to set off a "woman scorned" speech bomb that would forever split the Democratic Party... please, who really thought she wasn't going to give the speech of her life for "the party"?
NBC's anchors should sit outside the venue like the Today Show people did at the Olympics. At least Matt Lauer and crew had the decency to sit outside to do all their interviews and talking so we didn't have to try to look past them to see the events. The way NBC is covering the Convention, it's a little like Michael Phelps is swimming an event and Meredith Vierra would be sitting on a stool in front of the pool getting splashed and then complaining about the water. Get the hell out of the way Brian Williams!
When I tune into the convention, I don't care what Brian Williams or Tom Brokaw or anyone else has to say about it. I want to hear the speeches and I want to feel the excitement. Pale and mumbling isn't my idea of excitement. The two anchormen even had to keep interrupting their continuous interruption of the convention to say that Montana's governor cowboy was giving a rousing speech that was interrupting their never-ending, mumbling pre-analysis of Hillary's speech. Get a clue, that's why I tuned in, the cowboy rabble rouser, not you mumbling heads!
As an aside, someone needs to push Tom Brokaw into a tanning bed for his afternoon nap. He's sitting next to a sun-starved Canadian and he still looks like death-warmed-over.
Another thing, when someone at the convention is giving a prayer, it isn't enough for Brian Williams to say he doesn't want to interrupt the prayer and then go ahead and interrupt the prayer by having some woman in the crowd talk about reaction during Hillary's speech. I'm surprised that God didn't drop a big bunting stick on her head to tell her to shut the hell up. If it had been the Republican Convention a bunch of Evangelicals would have beaten her into submission with their unity sticks. It's bad enough when a cowboy governor isn't respected, when you begin disrespecting a speech to God Himself Now Be Careful.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)ML,Calm down now! I must admit that my wife and I were PO'D that "the cowboy" Montana governor was not aired. Compared to that "cream-puff" Mark Warner, he appeared to be quite passionate in differentiating political party distinctions. My biggest disappointment, beyond the NBC team, was the Warner guy. He wasn't an afterthought, he was SUPPOSED to be the keynote speaker! "Mr. Corporate" bored me to death with his self-serving mumbo-jumbo. I wanted to give him the hook! Nice work ML.Thanks James, didn't know I'd gotten so riled up!MLYour opinion of Warner is very curious. He's one of the few Democrats I actually like. He was one of the best and most popular governors in the history of the state of Virginia. He's going to win a Senate seat this year in a landslide against one of the worst (I regret to say) governors in Virginia's history, Republican Jim Gilmore. He will be a future presidential candidate, perhaps as soon as 2012, if Obama loses in November. That's not just speculation -- that's a guarantee.Terry, I actually didn't give an opinion on Warner. Sorry if I wasn't clear, I was on a bit of a rant against NBC!MLI was responding to James' comments about Warner.
I have a suggestion. Watch political conventions on C-SPAN.I only buy basic cable, I get all the bad news I can stomach on 13 channels!MLHmmm .... I thought C-SPAN came with even the most basic of cable packages.
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