Excellent Video Response to Bob Costas's Gun Control Misinformation
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/127767.html
Come on Red... the reason Costas can do it is because his bosses agree with what he said. It's no more complicated than that, the old NBC/HBO cabal. They're interchangeable. They go back and forth... the people that work there... and he said what the bosses there agree with, so it wasn't any problem. Right?
But I don't blame Bob Costas. I blame the microphone.... I BLAME THE MICROPHONE! You have to admit, if that microphone hadn't been on, nobody would know what Costas said.... right? If you stop and think about it, it's really the microphone's fault. Right? Costas... he's up there... he's in the broadcast booth at halftime, the camera is on blinking at him to say something... right? He was just trying to act like the late, great Howard Cosell. Right? Do you remember Howie? What made Cosell interesting was his incredible schizophrenia. You have to admire, for sheer chutzpah, any man who could... and I assume this must have happened at least once in the same week.... rip major league sports on a regular basis for their unprofessionalism and buffoonish immaturity... and then without batting an eye, don the canary yellow ABC sportscasters blazer to host Battle of the Network Stars. Remember that show, Red?
So, hell, if nobody would have turned on his microphone at half-time, nobody would have known what Costas said. Am I right? I'm right. So whose fault is it, really? Is it Bob's or is it the microphones? 'Cause it's a tough call. It's a tough call, just like ol' Bo Snerdley, he would totally understand where I'm going with this. If Bob Costas' microphone hadn't been on there would not be a problem today, at least for Bob... right? Hey, if only NBC hadn't abandoned its one weird experiment in 1980 to broadcast an NFL game without announcers and the good old play-by-play crew, they... and perhaps television sports in general... wouldn't be in the mess they are today. Right? Right!
You know, NBC might now want to think about getting rid of microphones. I mean, look at the damage it has caused.
Come on... give me an Amen.