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#NBCFail olympics
A response to the hubbub of how badly the internet populace feels NBC is handling the Olymipcs.
They aren't treating the Olympics like a "news" event or even a "sporting" event. It's an entertainment event as far as NBC is concerned, and they are trying to construct entertaining narratives and stories from the video and free "reality" star talent (what others would call "athletes") they have available to them.
The guise of a news and sporting event allows them to operate with lower production costs than if they had to pay all those participants and build all the sets and props themselves.
The internet thinks this is news and sports. But NBC views this as entertainment to sell ads against. They can't publicly admit that because then the actors and set designers would want NBC to pay them for what they are producing: an entertainment show. So NBC is going to do what they need to do to make this as "entertaining" as possible for the masses, and pay lip service to this being "news and sports" so costs stay low too. If editing and restructuring facts, helps them make a better entertainment show, that's what they are going to do, as long as people watch.
A response to the hubbub of how badly the internet populace feels NBC is handling the Olymipcs.
They aren't treating the Olympics like a "news" event or even a "sporting" event. It's an entertainment event as far as NBC is concerned, and they are trying to construct entertaining narratives and stories from the video and free "reality" star talent (what others would call "athletes") they have available to them.
The guise of a news and sporting event allows them to operate with lower production costs than if they had to pay all those participants and build all the sets and props themselves.
The internet thinks this is news and sports. But NBC views this as entertainment to sell ads against. They can't publicly admit that because then the actors and set designers would want NBC to pay them for what they are producing: an entertainment show. So NBC is going to do what they need to do to make this as "entertaining" as possible for the masses, and pay lip service to this being "news and sports" so costs stay low too. If editing and restructuring facts, helps them make a better entertainment show, that's what they are going to do, as long as people watch.
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