09-21-2012, 09:14 AM
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WSI High Priest
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Oswego, IL
Posts: 5,529
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tebman
Ever since Rupert Murdoch assembled it in the mid-1980s, the Fox network has strained to sell itself as the cool and edgy corner of the TV world. No gimmick, no flash is too over the top for them. Glowing hockey pucks! In-dugout interviews! Loud audio! Bright colors! Swooping graphics everywhere! To be cool one must act cool, and maybe they think that Buck's laconic style relates better to the hipster crowd the ad agencies want to reach.
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I think FOX's sports coverage is anti-hipster, actually.
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