Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, once again, the 2008 Olympics, just like the 1936 ones, are being held in the wrong place and are designed to allow a dictatorship to present a sanitized image to the world while the dissidents are locked up and ordinary people herded like cattle. My own take on it is here: http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/blog/?p=190 However, if you understand Spanish, far better commentary is provided in last week's issue of the brilliant satirical magazine El Jueves: http://www.eljueves.es/revista/revista.aspx?numero=1628 Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Aug 13, 2008, at 2:37 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > > On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > >> Oh, it gets better, Tina. >> >> NBC manipulated the order of the entry during the walk of nations so >> the US team entered later than they really did. Those who "know" >> observed the US team standing in the infield BEFORE they were shown >> to >> enter the stadium. >> >> Yes, it's entertainment, but sports coverage is news coverage and the >> opening of the Olympic Games is reportage. Except when it isn't. >> >> It's clear that NBC can't handle the difference and are in league >> with >> a government equally interested in blurring the boundaries between >> what is real and "created". >> >> It's distressing but given the folks running the US networks these >> days, hardly surprising. > > agree.. > > and you didn't mention the fact that the IOC itself is cozily in bed, > > with the Chinese government propaganda machine... > > > Steve > > > > >> >> >> Adam >> >> On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 6:21 AM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> >> wrote: >>> LUG: >>> >>> It wasn't only the fireworks that were faked: >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7556058.stm >>> >>> Nothing is real anymore! >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> Tina Manley >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information