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Mary Malmros wrote:
downhill wrote: Mary Malmros wrote: downhill wrote: The promo run for the news story was more exciting than the story itself. They showed a bunch of his crashes and focused on how often he DNF's I heard a few different excerpts on WCBS radio, from he does not care about winning gold and the drunk episode was the race after he won the overall title. They showed him under the influence of last nights partying after the overall win. The video show's him a little shaky leaving the starting gate. But his answers were typical bode responses with no definitive answers Text is on the CBS website under 60 minutes; I've got the link around somewhere if anyone wants it and can't find it. I have read it several times and viewed a few more web sites and spoke to a few non skiers that watched 60 minutes most felt that he got the shaft in that story. "Bode called it "character assassination" and said CBS was assuring him by midday it was a "glowing profile."" http://www.theunionleader.com/articl...0-ffb9eee4d729 You know, my read on it is that far from glorifying it (as some have accused him of doing), he's explaining why skiing drunk is a Bad Idea. But even so, he's now got all kinds of people (including Bill Marolt) down on his ****. I give even odds that he tells Marolt to go **** himself and quits. Not until after Torino. -- To reply by email remove "_nospam" |
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downhill wrote:
But when you are the focus of the media glare and try to exploit it for your gain I think the point that most people don't seem to get is that all this is not for Bode's gain. If he just cared about himself, he'd put-up and shut-up. He's trying to change the system for the good of all ski racers and he's using exmaples of what he's done in the past and of how others have been hurt by the rules in an effort to expose the things that need to change. This is way more than just about skiing with a hang over folks. Through his honesty, he is willing to sacrifice his hero status in order to see things change for the better. He actualy wanted to see how the press would handle what he said. That's why he mentioned skiing hung over in the 1st place - to prove that the media will take things out of context in an effort to create a big story. He was right - again. Go Bode! -- Marty |
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Chuck,
Bode's skiing is not of this planet. I don't care what place he's in (2nd overall BTW) or how many DNF's he's got, the guy is out of this world amazing. Watched it live at the Beaver Creek WC GS this year. -- Marty |
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Mary wrote:
I give even odds that he tells Marolt to go **** himself and quits. I wonder if he could do that now and still compete in the WC and at the Olympics. For example, Koznick, she's not a part of the US Ski Team, yet she represents the US at WC events and at the Olympics. Bode could do that too, but I'm not sure how that all works and it may be too late in the seson for that. -- Marty |
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Marty wrote:
Mary wrote: I give even odds that he tells Marolt to go **** himself and quits. I wonder if he could do that now and still compete in the WC and at the Olympics. Probably not. A deal like Team Koz takes time to set up. I don't think he gives a damn at this point. Marolt and Co. have put the heat on the coaches, who are going to give Bode an ultimatum...can you see him holding still for it? This is a disaster and could have been avoided if certain people weren't so damn pigheaded and ignorant. |
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downhill wrote:
"Bode called it "character assassination" and said CBS was assuring him by midday it was a "glowing profile."" that's what you get for going on a tabloid TV show. -- ant |
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ant wrote: that's what you get for going on a tabloid TV show. Television is easy. If that's not what you want to say, then don't ****ing say that. Simple. -- According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker." |
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Sven Golly wrote:
(Jeff Davis) wrote in news:11sba9lha2uma79 @corp.supernews.com: Television is easy. If that's not what you want to say, then don't ****ing say that. Simple. Not quite. They can cut & paste to make you look like a moron almost at will. Indeed; that short segment was assembled from something like six hours of tape. |
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"Jeff Davis" wrote in message
... In article , ant wrote: that's what you get for going on a tabloid TV show. Television is easy. If that's not what you want to say, then don't ****ing say that. Simple. CBS gets the last edit. |
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"Sven Golly" wrote in message
... Mary Malmros wrote in : Indeed; that short segment was assembled from something like six hours of tape. 60-minutes is especially good at stacking the deck whichever way they want. Ford fuel tanks, phony National Guard docs and Andy Rooney. Case closed. Are you saying the CBS invented the exploding Pinto? |
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