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5 Responses to “Golden Foils”

1. eclark1849 says:

   August 18, 2004 at 9:21 am

   It’s the Ren Faire, Why not dress her as Ren and one of you can go dressed as Stimpy?

   Speaking of weather looks like we’ll get a break this weekend from any named storms hitting North Carolina agan. Fortunately, the eyewall of Charley was so compact, that wind and rain damage was limited to the coastal areas. I live in Raleigh, so we’re about a hundred miles inland. With less compact storms, that uusally makes no difference.

2. Elayne Riggs says:

   August 18, 2004 at 10:55 am

   I hated the way they showed the saber final – they showed the semi-finals as complete games, why show the final as just a highlight? And the way they fawned over Jacobson, almost completely ignoring Zagunis – they do this time and time again, focus all their media attention on the cover-girl or cover-boy of the moment, and nine times out of 10 another American wins. I call it the Tara Lapinsky Syndrome, and I wish they’d get over it.

3. Tim Lynch says:

   August 19, 2004 at 12:12 am

   Elayne,

   While I agree that the saber final wasn’t shown well at all, I’m a little mystified by your claim that they “fawned over” Jacobson at the expense of Zagunis. The coverage I saw showed a lot more of Zagunis, both in terms of her match and the celebration afterwards. Am I missing something?

   TWL

4. Kathleen David says:

   August 19, 2004 at 8:36 am

   Tim-
   It was the commentary and “against adversity” stories that were all about Jacobson. The focus of the air play BEFORE Zagunis won was on Jacobson.
   Kath

5. Tim Lynch says:

   August 19, 2004 at 10:38 am

   Ah. Must’ve missed that part. Thanks, Kath.

   TWL