Unconfirmed propaganda... "Inane thread of the week"

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <33F66EB2.314B@ix.netcom.com> e6941tb@ix.netcom.com writes:

> Also, American mass media traditionally does not cover the types of sports 
> (and their name is legion) where Americans don't win, and/or which they did 
> not invent.

Cricket.  Handball.  Lacrosse.  Hockey.  Etc.

> The moral of this tale: mass media stinks internationally.

True.  If you stayed your entire life in the UK, you would never know that 
handball existed.  We have a new(ish) television programme in the UK called 
"Transworld Sport" that specialises in giving airtime to less well konw (in the 
UK) sports.  It even reported on the "World Series" - first report I've ever 
seen outside the USA. 

> Also, as far as the *horray-patriotism* goes, the USA quite successefully 
> rival the USSR. Quite easily observed by a traned eye of somebody, who has 
> lived in both countries. A number of my fellow-country men on the list would 
> probably confirm this.

All countries are the same.  If you watched the Los Angeles Olympics from 
Germany, you would have though Ulrike Maihoffer was the only contestant.

-- 
 Phil Payne
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club