The News On That Ceremony Leak…
By now every man and his dog would know that today footage was taken of a rehearsal showcasing the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games by a South Korean television network called SBS. So in case you haven’t seen it I have taken this opportunity to upload three videos from three of our network’s news services today.
The first is from Seven’s 4:30 news which was interesting to watch considering that the network holds the broadcast rights to the games. The next one is from Ten News Melbourne where the story also contained a report about the censorship issue the media is facing in china at the moment. Finally a look at ABC News Victoria which took a simular line to that of Ten and you may also notice some special Olympic graphics.
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The Daily Bagel | Aug 1, 2008 | Reply
The smart move might have been for China’s Olympic organizers (and the games’ fans) to acknowledge this as a testament to the intense excitement and anticipation of these games, get the video taken down,** and move on.
Instead, this kind of retributive anger is another example of the Olympic organizers seemingly selfish desire to have a picture-perfect Olympic “product,” regardless of the unfairness or backwardsness of the process used to produce the games and their worldwide broadcast.
Links to video and more commentary:
http://dailybagel.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/beijing-opening-ceremony-leaked/