Miscellany

CBS denied attempting to deceive viewers in the Eastern time zone by not telling them that Sunday morning’s Olympic hockey final was being shown on tape delay.

The game between the Unified Team and Canada began at 8:15 a.m. EST. There was no indication that the telecast, which began at 9 a.m., was on tape delay; by the time CBS’s telecast was between the second and third periods, the final score of the Unified Team’s 3-1 victory already was being broadcast by other networks.

Said CBS spokeswoman Robin Brendle: “CBS’s normal practice during the Olympics was to broadcast the events taped, due to the six-hour time difference, and identify only the live events as such. In retrospect, in this case, given the short tape delay, we should have made an announcement.”