Remember how the Chinese government promised not to censor the Internet during the Olympics? Yeah, that was a lie.
Yesterday it was reported that journalists in China to cover the Olympics weren't able to access web sites that contained information critical about the host nation, and today China confirmed that journalists will not have unfettered Internet use during the Games.
Stunningly, the International Olympic Committee has OK'd the censorship. After years of promising the 20,000 journalists going to China for the games that they'll be able to report freely, the IOC is now, like China, breaking its word, and siding against freedom of the press.
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7-31-2008 @ 4:58AM
Zman said...
So what is the big surprise? China is China. China took over Burma and made it into Myanmar and is now taking over Nepal and torturing its people. We boycotted the Olympics when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan but we are still supporting the Olympics in China. Why? Well it's for the money, of course. There is too much money to be lost by boycotting the Olympics and billions of dollars would not go into the pockets of the network and sponsoring "patriots" who would lose the most by not having the Olympics. I'm not going out of my way to watch the Olympics, may not watch any of the competition. How phony can we get by supporting the China Olympics?
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8-02-2008 @ 4:12PM
phyllis said...
We need to support TEAM USA!!!!
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