NBC has united the world…in scorn, contempt, and mockery of its gaffe-plagued, stone-age Olympics coverage. Cutting the tribute to the 7/7 London Islamic terror victims from the network’s opening ceremonies coverage was just the tip of the iceberg. Yesterday, the #NBCFail hashtag erupted worldwide and showed no signs of let-up. Ridiculous tape delays, news/programming spoilers, arrogant tweets from former NPR executive-turned-NBC chief digital officer Vivian Schiller, geographic errors, and streaming woes have earned the peacock network global social media mockery.
https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/229391244684578816
And yes, there’s even a new parody account: @NBCLiveFail!
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What’s NBC’s response so far? NBC digital operations chief Vivian Schiller is showing the same tone-deaf arrogance that led to her resignation at NPR after being caught trashing conservatives on tape. Get her a gold medal for poor sportsmanship:
https://twitter.com/VivianSchiller/status/229382360368562176
Schiller also re-tweeted approvingly NBC “senior community manager” Anthony Quintano’s excuse-making:
But Twitter users weren’t buying the self-serving CYA:
https://twitter.com/johnjaywoo2/status/229496035951669248
Heckuva job, Viv:
…the streaming of events online has gotten just as much #NBCfail action as the tape delay.According to Yahoo! Sports, slow-buffering feeds and freezing/dropping video were among the main complaints from viewers who tried to watch Saturday’s events live online.
And the hits keep on coming. The “real reporters” at NBC can’t tell Australia from Austria:
“Located in central Europe, bordered to the north by Germany and the Czech Republic, to the west by Switzerland…”
Some viewers wonder if special NBC social media correspondent Ryan Seacrest will get around to covering his network’s Olympic disaster:
Watching the proud peacock crumble has become an even more entertaining sport than the Olympic competition itself. Ouch:
