Not since the networks awarded Florida to Al Gore on Election Night 2000 has the collective media establishment so blatantly missed the boat.
Donaghy is analyzing the playoffs for Deadspin, and in a column about Game 3 of the finals, he wrote that the ABC announcers were "an accessory to the crime" of "glossing over blatantly missed calls by the refs".
"Women index much higher than man at needing that voice, and Dell, with Della, blatantly missed that mark".
"Women index much higher than man at needing that voice, and Dell, with Della, blatantly missed that mark". She notes the misstep was especially surprising coming from Dell, which notably makes user feedback a defining element in their marketing strategy and software development.
It's not that I don't like the photos, though they do blatantly miss a pretty important step of smoking (the whole "lighting" thing).
Referee Steven McLean, and goalline assistant Alan Muir, weren't the only ones who missed Josh Meekings blatantly blocking Leigh Griffith's goal-bound header with an arm from close range.
Shane Long pestered the home defence but missed several opportunities, most blatantly in the first half when he collected a pass from Cuco Martina before taking too many touches and allowing the Norwich goalkeeper Declan Rudd to smother his shot.
How could they miss something so incendiary, so blatantly racist?
To him, "martyr operations" are blatantly "immoral," the flat rejection of the Israeli proposals a "major missed opportunity," and the right of return a painful delusion best forgotten.
