jmb@nvuxh.UUCP (J M Bennett) (01/07/86)
A Warner Wolf-type Boo of the Week goes to: ABC, NBC, and CBS for continually referring to those words and numbers at the bottom of the TV screen as "graphics". What is graphic about YARDS Bears Offense 200 Giants Defense 100 ? Before baseball starts calling the foul pole the fair pole, Warner, why don't you sportscasters invent a better name for those words and numbers than GRAPHIC!
jimb@ISM780B.UUCP (01/09/86)
The usage of graphic I find disconcerting, too. However, the usage is derived from "graphic arts"; i.e., the words and numbers are produced by (electronic) graphic arts techniques, as opposed to live video. In graphic arts lingo, such a production is called a "graphic." The sportscasters seem to have picked up on this specialized use of the term. (Sportscaster: What is it? Graphic Artist: It's a graphic. Sportscaster: Oh.) Unfortunate. -- from the bewildered musings of Jim Brunet (married to a graphic artist) {ihnp4, decvax}!ima!jimb (most reliable) ihnp4!vortex!ism780!jimb or jimb at ima/*cca-unix.arpa ^ this asterisk is necessary!