Jerry Weinstein

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On the best of days, "One World, One Dream" -- the theme of the XXIX Summer Games -- was an ambitious slogan devised for China's coming out party onto the world stage. But not even Olympic Peace, that Greek tradition for armistice that dates back to the games of 8th century BC -- and was formally sanctioned by the U.N. Assembly in 1993 -- remained intact as Russia bombed Georgia over the weekend. What began as a week where the frivolous heiress of The Simple Life remade herself while successfully mocking John McCain's ad attack on Barack Obama's popularity, quickly shifted gears from the ridiculous to the sublime with the military commission thumbing its nose at BushWorld, handing down a 66-month sentence to Osama Bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan, minus 5 years and 1 month for time served, rather than the 30-year sentence the administration demanded. The rest of the week was no less unkind to Mr. Bush: Tuesday saw the publication of Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Ron Suskind's The Way of The World, asserting that a key intelligence document linking Saddam Hussein with Al Qaeda was forged by the CIA, under orders from on high. And, despite the FBI's pronouncement that its case against Bruce E. Ivins was closed, ABC's role in reporting on the anthrax case came under growing scrutiny by week's end. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The Olympics -- and NBC's coverage of the event -- is an inestimable accomplishment. Its size and scope will re-calibrate and anticipate how media is consumed and distributed. Let the games begin.

Co-author with Jack Myers