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Olympics to Have Live Online Coverage, But Not For Americans
Rytsarsky writes "According to this AP story (mirror), live video from the Olympics will be viewable online. However, 'the footage will be highly restricted to protect lucrative broadcast contracts, which are sold by territory - $793 million paid by NBC alone. Web sites must employ technology to block viewers from outside their home countries, so U.S. Web surfers won't benefit from the BBC's live coverage. They'll have to settle for highlights posted after NBC broadcasts, which are already largely tape-delayed.'" Interestingly, this AP wire story was picked up by CNN.com (it was at this URL and this URL), ran for a few hours, and now has been removed - I guess CNN didn't think it was newsworthy. *shrug*
yes, everythng is bushes fault.
Actually, you're 100% right about it not being Bush's fault. He's not fucking smart enough to think that we need to play perestroika with the Olympics. His asshole cronies, OTOH, are smart enough. Why do you think that they instituted "Free Speech Zones"? They don't want Bush's feelings to be hurt when he sees signs that read "Bush is a coke snorting, beer pissing, cock sucker that kills people for money."
get over it, no one has liked the US for about 55 years. time to accept that a move on.
And yet, a good majority of the population isn't even aware of it. Yeah, we live in a free world my ass. We are under just as much spin as ever.
That's right! CNN won't reflect the mainstream of America until it simulcasts The Rapture that we've earned in Baghdad. This is our due. People with questions about the Apocalypse can fry in Canada.
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I guess CNN would rather keep Americans from finding out how their freedoms are being sold. NBC paid good money for your attention; you shouldn't have the right to choose from what source you watch.
Just rape an open web proxy. Simple problems, simple solutions.