Thursday, July 31, 2008

Freedom of Press in the Beijing Olympics? Not So Much...

Despite assurances to the contrary, reporters in Beijing say that their access to many websites has been blocked by the government in Beijing. Beijing assures us it is only dangerous and evil sites. Like Amnesty International.



IOC admits that they have a secret agreement allowing censorship. I guess that is a once-secret agreement. Click here to see Reuters video on this.



But never fear, the crack enforcement team at the IOC is on it. I am sure they will send a strongly worded memo. No word on whether China will let us read it.



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