[Nevadastars]

This is amazing, and just shows how far the networks will stoop for ratings.....
http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/opin...ine/index.html

[LSC9901]

Well had I known that I would have volunteered. A free plane ride and a ticket to the race just for wearing certain items of clothing. Where do I sign up for the next test ???

On a more serious note. It truly is a shame that the networks try to make news instead of reporting the news. Like I say about so many things today, it's all about the money !!!

[oncea3fan]

as if there wasn't already enough hate and violence in the world today, they have to poke it with stick to get it's ugly head to rare.

what happens when they push the wrong people bottons and start a roit where people get killed....................oh yeah right big news just what they wanted.

[Nevadastars]

Originally Posted by oncea3fan

as if there wasn't already enough hate and violence in the world today, they have to poke it with stick to get it's ugly head to rare.

what happens when they push the wrong people bottons and start a roit where people get killed....................oh yeah right big news just what they wanted.

This is the same network that rigged Chevy truck gas tanks to explode a few years ago...........all for a "story". Unbelievable that they would stage something that could be so potentially ugly at a racetrack. That's like planting KKK members at a Civil Rights Movement.

[bevo311evolver]

Yeah stop making news and just report what is out there!

[Team Yates]

As if they don't have enough to do, now they want to harrass us! I guess they don't think they got "enough" for their money! Hey, Nevadastars- you have a good name for the thread, but maybe it should just be - NBC BLOWS!!!!

[bevo311evolver]

Check out this new article at NASCAR.com on it:

Drivers not surprised about Dateline failure

SMI's Bruton Smith says track officials will be more watchful

By Mark Spoor, NASCAR.COM
April 7, 2006
02:12 PM EDT (18:12 GMT)

On Friday morning, Jimmie Johnson had no idea about the swirling controversy concerning Dateline NBC's trip to Martinsville Speedway last weekend to gauge NASCAR fans' tolerance to Arab-Americans.


NASCAR's governing body called a network television news magazine "outrageous" on Wednesday, saying it tried to provoke anti-Muslim reactions from spectators at last week's race for a story about growing U.S. sentiment against Islam.


When he found out the network had followed two fans that appeared to be Arab-Americans throughout the weekend -- and that no incidents took place -- he was proud of his sport and its fans.
"Perfect," he said. "There's no doubt that there's a stigma or a labeling that our sport's had and based on what you just told me, I'm happy to see that it's wrong.
"When you're in the sport and living it, you know that it's wrong."
The television news magazine confirmed to NASCAR it was sending Muslim-looking men to a race, along with a camera crew to film fans' reactions. The NBC crew was "apparently on site in Martinsville, Va., walked around and no one bothered them," NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Johnson isn't surprised.
"I'm not familiar with the perception of fans," he said. "I just know from working in the sport that it doesn't matter what nationality, what race. It's a job. It's a sport. It's where we work. I don't think the labeling exists. It's maybe what people outside of our sport think that it is."
Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports Inc. Bruton Smith's reaction wasn't as politically correct.
"If this is really true and NBC has anything to do with that, I question the mentality of that," he said. "They're creating news? I thought they were supposed to report it.
"We're going to be very watchful to see that things are done properly."
what's this?


Kasey Kahne was more surprised at NBC's actions.
"I don't really understand why they would do that," Kahne said. "That's different to me."
Kahne says, at least for him, nationality isn't an issue any time during a race weekend.
"I'll take pictures with anybody and have a good time with anybody that's here," he said. "If they're supporting our series, they're part of NASCAR and I think it's great that we have so many different types of people following the sport.
"They know why they're there and they're there to have a good time."
There is, however, one case that Johnson joked would be sure to start a confrontation.
"If they went and harassed a Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan wearing a Jeff Gordon T-shirt," Johnson said, "there'd be a fight."

[Nevadastars]

What bothers me, is what if they got their wish and a bunch of drunk "rednecks" decided to beat the crap out of these guys? Would they be right there with their cameras to get "the good stuff"? Totally disgusting to even think about.

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by Nevadastars

What bothers me, is what if they got their wish and a bunch of drunk "rednecks" decided to beat the crap out of these guys? Would they be right there with their cameras to get "the good stuff"? Totally disgusting to even think about.

Isn't that what they ultimately wanted to "get the scoop" on ??? They would have just been in the right place at the right time. There are enough people making news so the networks oughta just try reporting it. They have more than enough trouble doing that.