From Alternet: NBC did not mention Matthew Mitcham’s orientation, nor did they show his family and partner who were in the stands. NBC has made athletes’ significant others a part of the coverage in the past, choosing to spotlight track athlete Sanya Richards’ fiancee, a love triangle between French and Italian swimmers and Kerri Walsh’s …
Monthly Archive: August 2008
Aug
24
2008
The Week in Review: Twitter-style
Last week it was "back-to-the-grind" and back to having very little time to blog. But I did manage post a running commentary via my various micro-blogging tools/communities…including Twitter, which continues to be my favourite even though they recently decided to cut SMS notifications for everyone using their UK gateway. Bastages!!! What follows is a run-down …
Aug
23
2008
Rachel Maddow gets her own show on MSNBC
‘Bout Damn Time! Why Rachel Maddow Getting Her Own Show Matters … A Lot Original Entry
Aug
20
2008
You Go Girlfriends!!!
From the Ellen Degeneres Show website. Original Entry
Aug
19
2008
Small children + big street festival = Danger, Will Robinson!
I've never been a fan of big crowds, something I blame primarily on the fact that I'm not terribly tall. (My face ends up at arm-pit level when standing next to most adults.) And since losing my right eye last winter, I've become even less comfortable navigating huge swarms of people. So when my brother-in-law …
Aug
28
2008
Historic, awesome, inspiring
I haven’t been able to watch any of the Democratic National Convention live because it airs in the middle of the night here in Sweden. But this morning I flipped through YahooNews photos of last night’s events with tears rolling down my face. We gotta elect this guy. Seriously.
Tags: Barack Obama
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