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Actor Jesse Eisenberg Confused For Facebook Creator Mark Zuckerberg at Gold Medal Basketball Game

Jay Sanin — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:12:55 +0000

Jesse Eisenberg is an incredibly average actor who has gained notoriety from his roles in films such as 30 Minutes or Less, Zombieland and, most notably, The Social Network, in which he played Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. However, America

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NBC Went to Commercial While Gold Medal Basketball Game Was Being Played

Jay Sanin — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 16:50:55 +0000

At this point, I'm just going to assume that NBC is giving all of us a giant middle finger as it swims around in a hot tub full of $100 bills from monopolizing American TV coverage of the Olympics once again

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Olympic Closing Ceremony Will Be Streamed Online

Jay Sanin — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 03:55:22 +0000

To say that I've been critical of NBC's coverage of the 2012 London Olympics would be one of the greatest understatements of all time. I have not been alone, however, in my criticisms, including my belief that the Opening Ceremony should have been streamed live for American viewers

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NBC Couldn't Spare 9.63 Seconds to Air 100m Final Live

Jay Sanin — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:43:57 +0000

NBC's coverage of the Games of the XXX Olympiad have been a polarizing topic throughout its nine days thus far. Well, they were at it again on Sunday, refusing to air Usain Bolt's Olympic record performance in the men's 100m dash live so it could be saved for tape delay later in the evening

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Shin A Lam of South Korea: The Saddest Story of the Olympics that American TV Neglected [UPDATE]

Jay Sanin — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 03:26:00 +0000

Recently, our own Bruce Jacobs wrote about how the coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games was just fine, and how nobody should be airing their grievances about it, which many have taken to the web to do. However, if you don't like tape delays, web streams that freeze or are blurry on many occasions, or have even one iota of interest in seeing nations other than the United States compete, you would disagree with Bruce's point of view. If you agree with Bruce, you probably don't care that you were not shown one of the saddest moments in Olympic history from an on-field perspective.

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