Comments on: Ignoring the Olympics http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=233 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:41:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Graham http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=233&cpage=1#comment-46009 Graham Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:01:23 +0000 http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=233#comment-46009 On the bright side... time zone differences do work in our favour :) On the bright side… time zone differences do work in our favour :)

]]> By: Justin Williams http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=233&cpage=1#comment-45994 Justin Williams Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:21:39 +0000 http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=233#comment-45994 I'm sick of the Olympics already thanks to Jeff Jarvis's pointless tweets about it every five fucking seconds. Anyway - nice one Coventry I’m sick of the Olympics already thanks to Jeff Jarvis’s pointless tweets about it every five fucking seconds.
Anyway – nice one Coventry

]]> By: Okay, one more post about the Olympics then… « doctorvee http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=233&cpage=1#comment-45955 Okay, one more post about the Olympics then… « doctorvee Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:56:18 +0000 http://www.shanerichmond.net/?p=233#comment-45955 [...] Shane Richmond gets to the bottom of the problem with the Olympics: What irritates me is that the media believes that we all subscribe to this fickle frenzy. So the Olympics breaks out of the sport pages and bulletins where it belongs and takes over the actual news too. I appreciate that the Games coincide neatly with silly season but is it really news that the opening ceremony (a) happened and (b) was spectacular? Both things were exactly what was supposed to happen, which probably makes them the precise of opposite of news. [...] [...] Shane Richmond gets to the bottom of the problem with the Olympics: What irritates me is that the media believes that we all subscribe to this fickle frenzy. So the Olympics breaks out of the sport pages and bulletins where it belongs and takes over the actual news too. I appreciate that the Games coincide neatly with silly season but is it really news that the opening ceremony (a) happened and (b) was spectacular? Both things were exactly what was supposed to happen, which probably makes them the precise of opposite of news. [...]

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