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...Rain on your own parade. Scandal, on the other hand, has made for the most interesting news, and some of the best ratings, at this year's Olympics. NBC scored some of its highest numbers the nights after the news of drug scandals -but the network itself embarrassingly downplayed the news in its own coverage, presumably to prevent bogeying America's Olympic high...
...asleep during the Monica Lewinsky affair? Have its executives never watched "Judge Judy"? Americans watch television to wallow in scandal, not avoid it. NBC should be all over pill-popping athletes - yes, including our own guys and gals - and if it does the job responsibly, viewers will reward it. The Athens games, shaping up to be a fiesta of poor planning and security risks, should supply plenty of dirt for an enterprising network sports operation, and NBC should be on top of it like white on feta cheese...
Behind the shine, however, I hardly find it surprising to see more and more scandal. For a while now, the anti-doping movement has been picking up speed, to the point where there is even a vigilant independent organization dedicated to making sure the Games have no druggies. But the doped athletes and their doctors are always one step ahead...
...Nevada. He has acknowledged his guilt and cooperated with authorities, but he has also singled out Nevada as the linchpin of the scheme. He told lawmakers and others on Capitol Hill in February, "Without Nevada, without the option of betting money in Nevada, the Northwestern basketball point-shaving scandal would not have occurred...
...exactly the stuff of scandal, Al Gore's connection to Occidental Petroleum, but it doesn't do much for his efforts to proclaim himself free of the "oil stain" he sees all over George W. Bush. Indeed, the connection has even necessitated an occasional bit of uncomfortable shuffling from the Gore campaign as Naderites and other lefties and environmentalists berate the vice president over it, much to the amusement of the Bush campaign...