Friday, August 22, 2008

Jingoistic reporting of the truth?

Olympic medal table from the BBC:









RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTOTAL
1China46152283
2USA30 353499
3Great Britain181211 41
4Russia 16 16 20 52
5Germany 13 8 12 33
6Australia 11 14 16 41
As reported by NBC.com








RankCountryGoldSilverBronzeTOTAL
1China46152283
2USA30 353499
4Russia 16 16 20 52
3Great Britain181211 41
6Australia 11 14 16 41
5Germany 13 8 12 33

Which one is correct?

Well to me it is a MEDAL table, not a gold medal table. Either rename the table or repot the truth people!

Just a bit of tongue in cheek fun, but it has been hard work being a Kiwi in the UK over the Olympics. The Brits are worse winners than the Australians. For what it's worth, the per capita table is the real indication of success...

3 comments:

Shaun Austin said...

Far be it from me to defend Red-Auntie but it's pretty clear that they are sorting by Golds which is of course what you get for actually WINNING an event. So in terms of most events WON GB is third.

You also have to cut us some slack, we never win anything, so when we do we need to make the most of it.

Shaun Austin said...

Also, what's with the layout? (Or is it just this crappy FF3 on the Mac?)

Daniel Robinson said...

Nope, the layout is "munted".

Or as you say here in the U.K., "pants".