Random 02 Feb 2004 09:19 am
Wrong Bowl
I didn’t watch the Super Bowl yesterday; there is not much coverage of American football down here. So today, early in the morning, I tried to get some news about it on TV. However, Fox News spent something like ten minutes of their very strange sports coverage talking instead about Janet Jackson’s breast (see picture) and whether that was a planned move or not. Another two minutes went by while they discussed the TV ads (”too much scatological humour”, in their opinion) and ratings. No mention whatsoever of the score, or any part of the game itself, during all this time.
Then, they casually mentioned that it had been, probably, the best Super Bowl game of the last decade, and showed some 20 seconds of the game, including the field goal that won the game for the Patriots.
Now, I know that Fox News isn’t exactly the best possible source of sport news, but they could have at least talked a little more about the actual sport, couldn’t they? I mean, if this was the best Super Bowl of the last ten years, didn’t it deserve a little more airtime than that woman’s breast, which they didn’t even show? This almost makes me wish that I was still paying for ESPN…
on 04 Feb 2004 at 2:46 pm 1.Blake said …
It is Fox NEWS - not Fox Sports. If you want a recap, I’m sure Fox Sports would have had it, whereas Fox News would focus more on the big news stories coming out of the game (Janet, Ads, etc.).
on 04 Feb 2004 at 3:38 pm 2.Wilson said …
Sure, no argument there. Unfortunately, I don’t have Fox Sports here; my choices were Fox News and BBC World. And I didn’t really want a recap, just the score
Should’ve gone online for that…