Doesn't anyone care about silver and bronze or even 4th place in the Olympics? Certainly not NBC, which consistently ignores many competitors achieving less than gold and those who hail from other countries. Perhaps NBC host Bob Costas should be banned for 24 hrs (or permanently) for saying the word "gold".
One example of NBC eyes focused only on the gold prize was coverage of the women's 10 meter platform diving. In edited replay prime time coverage NBC showed only divers from USA, Canada and China. Guess what? Mexico, yes, Mexico, took 4th and 5th place. The US diver finished 9th.
Given the large Mexican-American population in the US (as of 2006 28.3 million US residents were considered Mexican-American, 9% of the US population, and the fastest growing segment) you'd think NBC would key in to that. Certainly the advertisers on NBC do that (Chevy’s pick-up truck commercial ends with a Mexican-American gentlemen saying in Spanish, “Este es mi truque.” This is my truck.) Perhaps the Mexican team's swimming suits weren't cute enough to show on TV.
It happened again for the men’s 10 meter platform diving event 2 days later. After the semi-final round with a Mexican diver in 9th place and Cuban divers in 11th and 15th places. The US diver was in 5th place. And in the finals round the Cuban diver wasn't shown even though he was in second place after the first round. He later dropped out of medial contention.
A thoughtful colleague of mine from work reacted in the following way on a Facebook posting: “I watched the diving finals with my daughters. We anticipated that NBC would show at least a couple of dives by the two Mexican ladies that had received bronze in the synchronized diving competition earlier in the week. We were very disappointed. I didn't know how to explain it to my girls. For one brief moment I started to question the world's perception of the positive influence of Latinas. Then I remembered what the Latina Women of Erie accomplish each and every day. It's more than gold, silver or bronze. It's priceless.”
I’ll let her have the last word. (End of post.)
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Word on Street: Evanston Northwestern Health Care Looks South
The word on the street is that Evanston Northwestern Health Care (ENH) which runs Evanston Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital and Highland Park Hospital is looking for a new academic affiliate. Will it say good bye to Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and hello to a new partner? Even as ENH plans to buy Rush North Shore Hospital it is in negotiations with Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago (formerly Chicago Medical School) for a possible new Academic affiliation.
Northwestern Med's Dean Larry Jameson has expressed the wish that ENH contribute more dollars to the med school to support research and teaching reinforcing the suspicion at the downtown campus of Northwestern Med that ENH gets the cache of the Northwestern name without contributing much in the way of funds back to the med school. Unfair cries Dr. Jameson.
It won't be long, I predict, before the University of Chicago Medical School is in the game. ENH may be looking south rather than north. More later.
Northwestern Med's Dean Larry Jameson has expressed the wish that ENH contribute more dollars to the med school to support research and teaching reinforcing the suspicion at the downtown campus of Northwestern Med that ENH gets the cache of the Northwestern name without contributing much in the way of funds back to the med school. Unfair cries Dr. Jameson.
It won't be long, I predict, before the University of Chicago Medical School is in the game. ENH may be looking south rather than north. More later.
p.s. Where is Glenbrook Hospital? Not in Glenbrook -- no such place. It's in Glenview, IL.
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Northwestern Memorial Hospital Plants Flag in Sand - El Norte
Northwestern Memorial Hospital made public the purchase of a 10 acre parcel of land in the north west suburbs, the Chicago Tribune reported today. The location is Northbrook near Interstate 294.
This brings to light an interesting battle of the giants of health care in northern Illinois. Advocate is moving to acquire Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL, apparently beating out Lake Forest Hospital for the prize. Evanston Northwestern Health Care (ENHC) is to acquire Rush North Shore in Skokie. Not too long ago ENHC, which acquired Highland Park Hospital in 2000, was allowed to keep it in a ruling by the FTC that examined the "anti-competitive" nature of that acquisition.
Before we know it there will be juggling in med school affiliations. The Chicago Tribune suggests today that Rosalind Franklin University (the former Chicago Med) might get into bed with ENHC leaving Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to find another affiliate.
Stay tuned.
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This brings to light an interesting battle of the giants of health care in northern Illinois. Advocate is moving to acquire Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, IL, apparently beating out Lake Forest Hospital for the prize. Evanston Northwestern Health Care (ENHC) is to acquire Rush North Shore in Skokie. Not too long ago ENHC, which acquired Highland Park Hospital in 2000, was allowed to keep it in a ruling by the FTC that examined the "anti-competitive" nature of that acquisition.
Before we know it there will be juggling in med school affiliations. The Chicago Tribune suggests today that Rosalind Franklin University (the former Chicago Med) might get into bed with ENHC leaving Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine to find another affiliate.
Stay tuned.
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