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How is the American coverage? It's blocked in Canada because TSN has the rights. (They use BBC coverage).Good thing the American commentators aren't American.
How is the American coverage? It's blocked in Canada because TSN has the rights. (They use BBC coverage).Good thing the American commentators aren't American.
How is the American coverage? It's blocked in Canada because TSN has the rights. (They use BBC coverage).
It was the most controversial event in the battle for the 2014 championship so of course they are going to show it.Even the introduction sequence is blatantly biased, showing the gratuitous slow-motion replay of the Hamilton-Rosberg contact at Spa last year with Hamilton's voice shouting "Nico hit me! Nico's hit me!", which casts Hamilton as the hero and Rosberg as the villain and removes any sort of context that would allow the audience to come to this conclusion independently.
But it's the way they show it that's the problem. It's not footage; it's an animation in lurud, gratuitous detail. To any newcomer to the sport, it immediately presents Rosberg as a villain who cheats to get his way. Which I am not only sure doesn't bother Sky, but is their intention.It was the most controversial event in the battle for the 2014 championship so of course they are going to show it.
And if Rosberg had a problem with it, he'd probably make it known. If I recall correctly, it was Rosbeg who admitted to purposely hitting Hamilton's tyre to 'prove a point'.To any newcomer to the sport, it immediately presents Rosberg as a villain who cheats to get his way. Which I am not only sure doesn't bother Sky, but is their intention.
I doubt that any driver would admit to hit the tire of an opponent on purpose, specially to "prove a point".And if Rosberg had a problem with it, he'd probably make it known. If I recall correctly, it was Rosbeg who admitted to purposely hitting Hamilton's tyre to 'prove a point'.
Two sources, one quotes him as doing it deliberately, and one says he admitted guilt. But nevertheless, he did admit guilt in both sources.I doubt that any driver would admit to hit the tire of an opponent on purpose, specially to "prove a point".
Reality is Bias.But it's the way they show it that's the problem. It's not footage; it's an animation in lurud, gratuitous detail. To any newcomer to the sport, it immediately presents Rosberg as a villain who cheats to get his way. Which I am not only sure doesn't bother Sky, but is their intention.
Admitting to have caused a collision doesn't mean that he's saying he did it on purpose. I couldn't find a qoute there in which he said he did it on purpose.Two sources, one quotes him as doing it deliberately, and one says he admitted guilt. But nevertheless, he did admit guilt in both sources.
And if Rosberg had a problem with it, he'd probably make it known. If I recall correctly, it was Rosbeg who admitted to purposely hitting Hamilton's tyre to 'prove a point'.
It's probably their intention, but not in a harmful way. F1 needs to be more lucrative to the viewer so in order for that to happen, why not make a villian out of what was last season's biggest talking point. And it's not exactly a false accusation, as I just said, Rosberg did admit of doing it purposely.
But anyway, a fantastic piece there on Jules. Definitely a tear-jerker.
But the new viewer doesn't know that. No context is provided, so they're forced to assume that Rosberg is and always has been the villain.And if Rosberg had a problem with it, he'd probably make it known. If I recall correctly, it was Rosbeg who admitted to purposely hitting Hamilton's tyre to 'prove a point'.
Oh this is completely acceptable.Wow, Mercedes need to figure this clutch business out this is unacceptable.