Semi-Live: Bob Costas Falling Flat at Technical Conference

Batman · Jan 21, 2008

mike311gd said:

dooley_womack1 said:

Lugnuts said:

jfs1000 said:

Who shot who in the what now?

Can I get an analysis of what he said? Costas doesn't do interviews? What conference? Why should I care? What is the sports twist? Who are you? Why did I read this?
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I just Googled to try to figure it out and found this, which should totally clear it up.

"On what he’s going to say about the Olympics? Human rights abuse of Chinese were exposed by the internetâ€¦.The Chinese took his comments at the 1996 Olympics as representative of the US Government, as the media is controlled by the state in China.. The key question, are these Olympics a postive force to showing the world that they have come a long way, or does it embolden them to be not as happy and productive as the rest of the world. He will time this into his commnents during his intepretation of the Olympics. That is why he is like what Lotus does."

http://www.johnsimonds.com/2008/01/liveblogging-lotusphere-2008/
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That soooo cleared it up. I think Dooleyfish would translate all that as "Bob Costas is short."

And Mike, if you have man-crushes queued up...I think you might wanna start looking at who your girl-crush is. Maybe Judy Garland?
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Oh, Dooles, I've got them, too. Kelly Kapowski and Sarah Silverman. Not like they return my letters or anything. But they're still on the list.
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Sure they return them. Subpoenas and restraining orders still count.

mike311gd · Jan 21, 2008

Batman said:

mike311gd said:

dooley_womack1 said:

Lugnuts said:

jfs1000 said:

Who shot who in the what now?

Can I get an analysis of what he said? Costas doesn't do interviews? What conference? Why should I care? What is the sports twist? Who are you? Why did I read this?
Click to expand...

I just Googled to try to figure it out and found this, which should totally clear it up.

"On what he’s going to say about the Olympics? Human rights abuse of Chinese were exposed by the internetâ€¦.The Chinese took his comments at the 1996 Olympics as representative of the US Government, as the media is controlled by the state in China.. The key question, are these Olympics a postive force to showing the world that they have come a long way, or does it embolden them to be not as happy and productive as the rest of the world. He will time this into his commnents during his intepretation of the Olympics. That is why he is like what Lotus does."

http://www.johnsimonds.com/2008/01/liveblogging-lotusphere-2008/
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That soooo cleared it up. I think Dooleyfish would translate all that as "Bob Costas is short."

And Mike, if you have man-crushes queued up...I think you might wanna start looking at who your girl-crush is. Maybe Judy Garland?
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Oh, Dooles, I've got them, too. Kelly Kapowski and Sarah Silverman. Not like they return my letters or anything. But they're still on the list.
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Sure they return them. Subpoenas and restraining orders still count.
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I didn't think of that. When I saw the lawyers' signatures, I just chalked it up to another failure. But maybe I've been looking at this the wrong way.

jgmacg · Jan 21, 2008

dooley_womack1 said:

That soooo cleared it up. I think Dooleyfish would translate all that as "Bob Costas is short."
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Funny, I ran that liveblog through the translator and it came back, "Old media must die in order for me to earn a modest living writing sentence fragments."

mike311gd · Jan 21, 2008

jgmacg said:

dooley_womack1 said:

That soooo cleared it up. I think Dooleyfish would translate all that as "Bob Costas is short."
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Funny, I ran that liveblog through the translator and it came back, "Old media must die in order for me to earn a modest living writing sentence fragments."
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Simply phenomenal, sir.

markvid · Jan 21, 2008

eyeonsportsmedia said:

With apologies to all of you who hate bloggers, I am attending Lotusphere 2008 as an attendee and as credentialed media. I had no idea that there would be a sports media twist to it, so here is a quickie.

Orlando, FL (Jan 21, 2008) - Bob Costas is the surprise guest speaker at Lotusphere 2008 in Orlando this morning. I will not hear his presentation until later, and he is not giving interviews. The reaction is decidedly mixed as his speech is definitely US-centric, although the audience is decidedly international. And it is decidedly split in their reaction to him.

Matt White from the United Kingdom said he had no idea who he was and "I thought it was about the worst keynote I've [ever] seen." Another attendee loved it and has recorded it.

In addition he has apparently made some comments about China that will not go over well. Part of not knowing his audience is that his presentation will be on YouTube very quickly and he will not be able to hide from it, no matter what your view of him is. As soon as it is available I will post it here. I will also be posting pictures from his presentation, with my own take on what he says. I will also be live-blogging his presentation as well.
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Is it me or is this guy turning into a combo of D_B, JDV, Rok, et al?

TheSportsPredictor · Jan 21, 2008

You still should write complete sentences, even in a blog.

Fenian_Bastard · Jan 21, 2008

jgmacg said:

dooley_womack1 said:

That soooo cleared it up. I think Dooleyfish would translate all that as "Bob Costas is short."
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Funny, I ran that liveblog through the translator and it came back, "Old media must die in order for me to earn a modest living writing sentence fragments."
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End of motherfucking thread right there.

Lugnuts · Jan 21, 2008

jgmacg said:

Funny, I ran that liveblog through the translator and it came back, "Old media must die in order for me to earn a modest living writing sentence fragments."
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Good gracious - I'm laughing so hard I've got tears. ;D

MacDaddy · Jan 21, 2008

jgmacg said:

dooley_womack1 said:

That soooo cleared it up. I think Dooleyfish would translate all that as "Bob Costas is short."
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Funny, I ran that liveblog through the translator and it came back, "Old media must die in order for me to earn a modest living writing sentence fragments."
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"Bob Costas gave a speech about something. Some people liked it; others did not."

JayFarrar · Jan 21, 2008

jgmacg said:

Funny, I ran that liveblog through the translator and it came back, "Old media must die in order for me to earn a modest living writing sentence fragments."
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Can I steal this?
I'd really like to use it and I'll give you credit and everything.

markvid · Jan 21, 2008

If you folks ever read this site, it's basically a "I used to work a lot for CBS and don't any more" and also a lot of links to people's bios.

dooley_womack1 · Jan 22, 2008

jgmacg said:

dooley_womack1 said:

That soooo cleared it up. I think Dooleyfish would translate all that as "Bob Costas is short."
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Funny, I ran that liveblog through the translator and it came back, "Old media must die in order for me to earn a modest living writing sentence fragments."
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Way to draft off my heat. Now I gotta bounce.

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