DaveFeelsRight
09/30/06, 05:01 PM
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/26/8550/57285
Story Updated. ESPN FAKED STADIUM CHEERS FOR BUSH SR.
by davefromqueens
Tue Sep 26, 2006
As a person who dabbled with sportscasting in college, I operated
under the impression that my job was sports not politics. Sports were
sports and you leave your politics off the air It's a very simple
standard. If I want to watch football for three hours, give me
football. Unfortunately, ESPN has continuously violated this concept.
If ESPN is going to play phony tapes for politicians, then they need
to be pressured off the air.
For several years, ESPN has been manufacturing fake cheers and fake
boos for politicians. It's a very simple rule. If you are a Democrat
not named Joe Lieberman, ESPN will play a tape of boos previously
recorded and insert them into the audio after the Democrat is
announced. If you are a Republican and ESPN is expecting boos, ESPN
will play a pre-recorded tape of cheers unrelated to the Republican.
davefromqueens's diary :: ::
I've witnessed for years former ESPN commentator like Chris Myers call
home runs to right field "a Rush Limbaugh shot, right and fair." I've
seen in studio college football analysts gush over Ann Coulter. I've
listened to ESPN constantly hype individuals who are well known
figures in the Religious Right. I've heard a basketball commentator
call Jerry Falwell a good man during a basketball game.
I have no problem with these political views being uttered during a
political broadcast. I do have a problem with hearing it during a
sports show from the host. (They did hire Rush Limbaugh for goodness
sakes!)
When John Kerry was shown on screen at a Red Sox game in 2004, ESPN
played a tape of boos. It was NOT the crowd reaction. I knew the
tape was fake by that quick click that transitions from live to
pre-recorded. ESPN has done this stunt of playing fake cheers and
fake boos time and time again. Last night, during Monday Night
Football, ESPN did it again. I heard that same click.
It started with right winger Mike Tirico announcing George Bush Sr. to
the crowd. Instantaneously you could hear an echo of cheers and not a
single boo from the audio. But if you listen carefully to the audio,
that audio was not live. ESPN shut off the sound of the Superdome
crowd for a few seconds and played this audio of fake cheers. About
ten seconds later ESPN had to shut their fake tape off and go to the
NFL official on the field for the coin toss. That's when you could
hear the REAL crowd noise. The audio on the field was a couple of
hundred feet away so ESPN was probably thinking that crowd noise could
not be picked up. ESPN was wrong.
As George Bush Sr. was flipping the coin, you could hear a chorus of
boos so loud that ESPN had its proverbial hand caught in the cookie
jar. And remember, this was ten seconds after the announcements so
imagine what the initial boos sounded like. New Orleans residents
know better than anyone else how Bush 43 responded to Katrina and they
know better than anyone else about Barbara Bush's comments about poor
people and how sleeping in the Astrodome was "working out quite well
for them."
ESPN needs to be called on the carpet for these shenanigans.
Tags: ESPN, ABC, Disney, propaganda, George H.W. Bush, Boycott Disney,
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Story Updated. ESPN FAKED STADIUM CHEERS FOR BUSH SR.
by davefromqueens
Tue Sep 26, 2006
As a person who dabbled with sportscasting in college, I operated
under the impression that my job was sports not politics. Sports were
sports and you leave your politics off the air It's a very simple
standard. If I want to watch football for three hours, give me
football. Unfortunately, ESPN has continuously violated this concept.
If ESPN is going to play phony tapes for politicians, then they need
to be pressured off the air.
For several years, ESPN has been manufacturing fake cheers and fake
boos for politicians. It's a very simple rule. If you are a Democrat
not named Joe Lieberman, ESPN will play a tape of boos previously
recorded and insert them into the audio after the Democrat is
announced. If you are a Republican and ESPN is expecting boos, ESPN
will play a pre-recorded tape of cheers unrelated to the Republican.
davefromqueens's diary :: ::
I've witnessed for years former ESPN commentator like Chris Myers call
home runs to right field "a Rush Limbaugh shot, right and fair." I've
seen in studio college football analysts gush over Ann Coulter. I've
listened to ESPN constantly hype individuals who are well known
figures in the Religious Right. I've heard a basketball commentator
call Jerry Falwell a good man during a basketball game.
I have no problem with these political views being uttered during a
political broadcast. I do have a problem with hearing it during a
sports show from the host. (They did hire Rush Limbaugh for goodness
sakes!)
When John Kerry was shown on screen at a Red Sox game in 2004, ESPN
played a tape of boos. It was NOT the crowd reaction. I knew the
tape was fake by that quick click that transitions from live to
pre-recorded. ESPN has done this stunt of playing fake cheers and
fake boos time and time again. Last night, during Monday Night
Football, ESPN did it again. I heard that same click.
It started with right winger Mike Tirico announcing George Bush Sr. to
the crowd. Instantaneously you could hear an echo of cheers and not a
single boo from the audio. But if you listen carefully to the audio,
that audio was not live. ESPN shut off the sound of the Superdome
crowd for a few seconds and played this audio of fake cheers. About
ten seconds later ESPN had to shut their fake tape off and go to the
NFL official on the field for the coin toss. That's when you could
hear the REAL crowd noise. The audio on the field was a couple of
hundred feet away so ESPN was probably thinking that crowd noise could
not be picked up. ESPN was wrong.
As George Bush Sr. was flipping the coin, you could hear a chorus of
boos so loud that ESPN had its proverbial hand caught in the cookie
jar. And remember, this was ten seconds after the announcements so
imagine what the initial boos sounded like. New Orleans residents
know better than anyone else how Bush 43 responded to Katrina and they
know better than anyone else about Barbara Bush's comments about poor
people and how sleeping in the Astrodome was "working out quite well
for them."
ESPN needs to be called on the carpet for these shenanigans.
Tags: ESPN, ABC, Disney, propaganda, George H.W. Bush, Boycott Disney,
Recommended (all tags)