You may recall that I wrote a few earlier posts about the New York Mets and their refusal to caption their baseball games on Sportsnet New York (SNY). During the past season, the Mets finally began captioning their games but did it in the most minimal way possible .. i.e. pregame and postgame reports were never captioned. No matter, the Mets lost me as a fan two years ago after 40 years of dedication. Anyway, I just fired off an email to SNY (with a CC to the Mets and to Neil Best at Newsday, who wrote about the captioning situation) and here it is for your enjoyment:
SNY:
The Yankees parade is currently being shown on both SNY and YES and as usual the programming is closed-captioned on YES and not closed-captioned on SNY.
Do you people ever get tired of being so freaking lazy and cheap?
I just want to let you know that on March 16, 2010, your four-year-new-station FCC exemption on closed-captioning will expire. I have already put it on my calendar and I plan to watch your station all day that day and file separate complaints with the FCC for each and every show you dare to air without closed-captions.
You have been warned !!!!
PS … The Yankees have always been good with closed-captioning and the Mets have always been awful. The Yankees are enjoying a ticker tape parade today while the Mets are home watching on TV. Coincidence? I doubt it. The Yankees are classy, the Mets suck.
Tom Willard
Editor, Deafweekly
www.deafweekly.com
Rochester, NY
