A letter or two in the comic today complaining about the 'relentlessly jingoistic' BBC coverage.
I wouldn't go that far, quite, but it does seem to me that the British used to cover these things in a less strident way, with a lot less anticipation - often misplaced - of upcoming probable British wins.
All this hype can only encourage vainglory in 'champions' already cock-a-hoop with their chunks of metal and half mad from savage training, deprivation of normal life and perhaps a diet of dubious, if usually undetectable, performance-enhancing products. It's amazing how sportsmanlike some of them still manage to be in victory or defeat under this barrage of US-style go-go-go kill-the-carphounds propaganda.
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