Disgruntled pundits and sports fans have been ripping into the network. The Seattle Times' Ron Judd says he's getting "buried by e-mail" and "swamped" with hundreds of calls by outraged viewers. A local media company has taken a poll in which 91 percent of nearly 4,000 respondents say the delay is "ridiculous."
But the most humorous expression of disgust occurred today--on NBC's very own Web site. Tweeting from Vancouver, U.S. skier Jake Zamansky said he couldn't "wait to see how bad NBC covers ski racing today." Then, automatically, nbcolympics.com surfaced Zamansky's tweet--displaying it prominently on the site. Fortunately for us, Deadspin's Tommy Craggs noticed and captured a screenshot:
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