NBC or any other US TV network has never had good Olympics coverage in all the years I've been watching them - Imabug

On those rare occasions that I watch the Olympics, I watch the CBC coverage. They show a lot of national pride without going into full bore jingoism. - Derek Coward

Imabug, true enough. Wasn't it ABC who really pioneered all this bullshit meta-coverage with their "Up Close and Personal" thing? - Dave Slusher

Derek, jingoism in the coverage is the least of my concerns. You need to actually be covering an event to get to that, which NBC is doing precious little of. - Dave Slusher

True. I turned to NBC and watched a bunch of talking. I turned to CBC and watched a bunch of swimming. - Derek Coward

I saw some of the NBC coverage with family on and off over the past weekend. It was as horrible as Dave described on his blog. I went to the Youtube Olympics channel last night, thinking their partners might provide some balance. I believe it is even worse than what I saw at NBC. - Dread Pirate PJ from NoiseRiver