BBC Olympic snowboarding commentary draws complaints - Polidicks

[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72870000/png/_72870922_mmwoyjennyjonescommcam.png[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26116848[/url] [quote]More than 300 people complained to the BBC over the quality of commentary during the snowboarding slopestyle final at the Winter Olympics. Jenny Jones won Great Britain's first Olympic medal on the snow at the event in Sochi on Sunday, taking a bronze. Friend and fellow British snowboarder Aimee Fuller joined Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood in the commentary box. Viewers complained that they cheered when Jones's competitors fell, and that the commentary was of a low standard. Fuller had taken part in the early stages of the event but failed to make the final, after which she was invited into the presentation booth. She was heard cheering when the final competitor, Austria's Anna Gasser, fell, meaning that Jones would clinch the bronze medal. Fuller then said: "Are we supposed to do that? Probably not."[/quote]

Where do people find the time to complain about such petty things really..

[QUOTE=jamzzster;43869170]Where do people find the time to complain about such petty things really..[/QUOTE] Well, the commentators [I]should[/I] really be impartial.

[QUOTE=jamzzster;43869170]Where do people find the time to complain about such petty things really..[/QUOTE] But complaining about petty things is the FP way of life

[QUOTE=smurfy;43869216]But complaining about petty things is the FP way of life[/QUOTE] I guess I am complaining about people complaining

[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;43869183]Well, the commentators [I]should[/I] really be impartial.[/QUOTE] it is the [I]very first[/I] medal Britain won, there is literally no point reacting badly to cheers. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4HhE_jNFvM[/media]

National Commentators being a bit biased? My god :v:

[QUOTE=jamzzster;43869222]I guess I am complaining about people complaining[/QUOTE] Oh my god stop complaining jeez wow!

[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;43869238]Oh my god stop complaining jeez wow![/QUOTE] Your the one complaining about me complaining about people complaining

stop whining and chill because it's cold

[video=youtube;PqZTP8-8wIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqZTP8-8wIs[/video] People from countries being proud about their country. Slow news day?

[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72874000/jpg/_72874644_93fbb661-4f6f-4ac2-a864-786522228772.jpg[/img] gotta admit that they do look like nobheads

i was just watching and thinking that the commentary seemed really biased

honestly i don't understand this "they're british so they're cheering for the brits!!" what about all the people here who have family heritage elsewhere, or are first-generation immigrants? or what about a passionate snowboarding fan who really likes a particular athlete from another country? or just anyone who doesn't care about patriotism and just wants to watch some impartial and professional sports coverage expert commentators should have a love for the sport. people who love the sport want to see tight competition and excellence. this is the bbc and tbh they shouldn't be hiring dumb kids (one of which is like bffl with the girl who won bronze. wtf) to guffaw at the misfortunes of athletes

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;43869757]honestly i don't understand this "they're british so they're cheering for the brits!!" what about all the people here who have family heritage elsewhere, or are first-generation immigrants? or what about a passionate snowboarding fan who really likes a particular athlete from another country? or just anyone who doesn't care about patriotism and just wants to watch some impartial and professional sports coverage this is the bbc and tbh they shouldn't be hiring dumb kids to guffaw at the misfortunes of athletes[/QUOTE] Sports get people excited, obviously British commentators are gonna cheer for the British. As an immigrant you can cheer for whichever you want. Honestly your complaint is totally ridiculous in the sense that impartiality doesn't exist, unless you're reading the stat sheets.

[QUOTE=Foxton;43869786]Sports get people excited, obviously British commentators are gonna cheer for the British. As an immigrant you can cheer for whichever you want. Honestly your complaint is totally ridiculous in the sense that impartiality doesn't exist, unless you're reading the stat sheets.[/QUOTE] Literally all the other commentators have managed to not cheer though

[QUOTE=Foxton;43869786]Sports get people excited, obviously British commentators are gonna cheer for the British. As an immigrant you can cheer for whichever you want. Honestly your complaint is totally ridiculous in the sense that impartiality doesn't exist, unless you're reading the stat sheets.[/QUOTE] every other sport on the planet seems to handle it just fine? in football, tennis, f1, anything, yes you'll get massive cheers and jubilation for a british athlete who wins but literally laughing and cheering when other athletes make a mistake is a step up and i don't think it has any place in professional sports coverage [QUOTE=Foxton;43869786]As an immigrant you can cheer for whichever you want.[/QUOTE] imagine cheering on someone you support and then they make a mistake and the commentator goes "HAHAH YES!" [editline]11th February 2014[/editline] that's not cricket, as they say

The Olympics hasn't been about sportsmanship since the cold war began.

[quote]Viewers complained that they cheered when Jones's competitors fell, and that the commentary was of a low standard.[/quote] Honestly, I have to agree with this notion. Commentators shouldn't laugh at competitors, they should talk impartially about the mistake, but not laugh at them.

[QUOTE=WeekendWarrior;43869890]Honestly, I have to agree with this notion. Commentators shouldn't laugh at competitors, they should talk impartially about the mistake, but not laugh at them.[/QUOTE] to be fair, one of the commentators was the athlete who won bronze due to the mistake.

[QUOTE=themooselord;43870009]to be fair, one of the commentators was the athlete who won bronze due to the mistake.[/QUOTE] huh? one of the commentators was an athlete who was knocked out, who is friends with the athlete who won bronze the bronze medalist was not a commentator unless my reading comprehension is borked

I did notice them being pretty sub-par commentators, and cheering at an opponent's failure is not on in any sporting situation

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;43870041]huh? one of the commentators was an athlete who was knocked out, who is friends with the athlete who won bronze the bronze medalist was not a commentator unless my reading comprehension is borked[/QUOTE] ahh, my mistake. It was her friend who cheered.

The commentary was pretty funny though. Also, I'm fairly sure that none of them have ever commentated at an event like this before.

[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;43869577][img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/72874000/jpg/_72874644_93fbb661-4f6f-4ac2-a864-786522228772.jpg[/img] gotta admit that they do look like nobheads[/QUOTE] Look's like the promo pic' to just about every student radio show ever.

[QUOTE=Chrisordie;43873656]Look's like the promo pic' to just about every student radio show ever.[/QUOTE] Needs more fish eye lens and some hashtags.

If you ignore the somewhat questionable cheering as the other competitor fell (which really, they weren't cheering them failing they were cheering the fact that it resulted in the British woman getting a medal) the other complaints have made about them are hilariously silly. I don't know if they are formal complaints or not but on other forums people have complained that they were too happy and excited during the entire thing. I thought they were pretty good and made something I have never watched nor had interest in before quite interesting. [editline]11th February 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Chubbs;43872048]The commentary was pretty funny though. [B]Also, I'm fairly sure that none of them have ever commentated at an event like this before.[/B][/QUOTE] I'd much rather have people like this then, the BBC have screwed up before with other things and used "professional" commentators who know [B]nothing[/B] about the sport they are commentating on (F1 comes to mind..). They knew exactly what they were talking about and made it interesting.

Bias commentators? Not here.. commentator cheered on the Chinese snowboarder.

The snowboarding commentators for Australia are pretty good. They'll sympathize with competitors tripping up, praise anything noteworthy while still maintaining the [I]slightest[/I] bias towards their own country that should always be there.

I've never understood why British commentators should be rooting for anyone other than British athletes. Sure not everyone here is British, but surely if you're in Britain you'd expect the British people to be cheering for... Britain.