“Whew. That’s something I hope we never see again.
“The women’s figure skating final in the Winter Olympics Thursday was an orgy of agony, even though most of the world knew how it was going to turn out.
“And NBC was there to chronicle every torturous minute. As it should be — it’s the network that paid billions to broadcast the Winter Games. Did NBC overdo it on the drama front, milking the pain of young women — the protagonist in this is 15 years old — and exploiting it?
“Maybe. Maybe not. It’s not a question with an easy answer, though it does have several not so easy ones.
“But there’s no doubt about this: The finals were brutal.”
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