tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post4587186179877801190..comments2024-03-26T10:03:51.827+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: How do you spell Popacatapetl?Karl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-47232649907386500832008-08-20T08:32:00.000+12:002008-08-20T08:32:00.000+12:00I have wept bitter tears of shame over the Olympic...I have wept bitter tears of shame over the Olympics coverage, although not so much from the commentary perspective as the reportage. <BR/>It has been wince-inducingly parochial and truly of amateur-hour proportions. Michael Phelps achieves the greatest athletic feat in olympic history and what does "Sav" (which is short for saveloy, surely) ask him? "How did you enjoy your [brief] time in NZ?" <BR/>When Britain's Bradley Wiggins wins gold in the men's cycling pursuit is he asked about his performance? No he's asked about Hayden Roulston's future in cycling. <BR/>And yet there are those who claim we are no longer victims of a cultural cringe.<BR/>For God's sake it's the sports-journalism equivalent of asking a crash victim "How do you feel?"<BR/>In fact, that seems to be the question most of TVNZ's troupe of puppets seem to be asking. Where do they get them? It's embarrassing their lack of knowledge about the sports they are describing. And can someone please put Peter Montgomery out of his misery? He clearly thought that his off-the-cuff remark about New Zealand's Cup back in 1995 means he is a source of memorable catchphrases. On Drysdale: "AWWWHH! AWWWHHH! Black becomes bronze..."<BR/>Later that night on the Evers-Swindells twins (after first getting it completely wrong): "AWWWWH! AWWWWH!! BLack becomes gold..."<BR/>And as for Simon "Thunderbird 1" Dallow...words actually fail me.Bearhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927373498537533968noreply@blogger.com