I did my NBC Olympic coverage ritual: heard about something worth watching, look for the video, cannot find the event or anything over than talking head coverage of the thing, never try again while the Olympics are ongoing.
We got the trial Peacock and downloaded the app, and made a calendar reminder to cancel. Not awesome, but we could see a bunch of events. Likely wouldnât have seen âartistic swimmingâ otherwise, and that was really cool!
I know that in most countries FTA coverage is extremely limited due to the IOCâs rights sales. Would that be the reason?
Itâs because I donât have cable or Peacock. You have to have one or the other to see anything.
Rights so. It used to be FTA. Blame the IOC, you rarely go wrong assuming that.
From the yes, and, gallery: and, I think NBC is just showing how much of a dinosaur it is (no offense to dinosaurs, and I love 30 rock, so thanks for that, NBC).
Click for gawd kids! The idea that a button in FB will connect people with gawd is ridiculous.
Prayer tool my ass. More like entering into a mythology believers database.
This is going to go over well in the rest of the world.
Ugh. I read a few weeks ago about how FB was teaming up with a big church as a kind of pilot to see how they could âhelp.â
This quote from the article is cringeworthy and makes it all seem more dangerous than just some silly new âlikeâ icon equivalent:
I support any effort like this that encourages people to turn to the one true God in our time of need
Yeah, thatâs not gonna end well.
OTOH, it could be kind of cool if you could hit the âI prayedâ button and then select from a catalogue of deities to pick the one you prayed to. Iâm not on FB and donât really pray, but I would totally pray to Tanuki for some successful diamond heists 
I missed the earlier NYTimes piece on that. Via The Daily Kos Itâs a crazy conâŚ
For churches like Hillsong Atlanta, the ultimate goal is evangelism.
âWe have never been more postured for the Great Commission than now,â Mr. Collier said, referring to Jesusâ call to âmake disciples of all nations.â
He is partnering with Facebook, he said, âto directly impact and help churches navigate and reach the consumer better.â
âConsumer isnât the right word,â he said, correcting himself. âReach the parishioner better.â
Ha! Nice little slip up there. âErâŚby âconsumerâ I was referring to the holy communionâŚyeah, thatâs itâŚâ
I knew it was bound to happen, but still nice to see. Good riddance.
Or maybe âbetter reach The Consumed, whose souls will be devoured by mighty Cthulhu when the stars are right and his sleep in Râlyeh at last ends! Oh, sorryâŚI mean parishionersâ
And @emo_pinata, I have neither cable or peacock, but was able to watch some clips on youtube. They tended to be heavily edited of medal winners of the events, usually about 5 to 6 minutes in length. The only other thing I really cared about was the clips by Amber Ruffin. Given Iâm not a huge sports ban, it was more than enough for me personally. YMMV, natch!
The gaslighting will continue.
