Olympic Blogs sidestep media ban

CNN has limited coverage of the Olympics being barred from Olympic sports venues (NBC has exclusive rights.)

There is rumor that blogging is another form of ‘media’ that is banned in Athens. Journalist Stuart Hughes of the BBC, features some marvelous images from Greece, on his site with a Video Blog here.

Also Scott Goldblatt, a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team is posting reports here (though he has not updated it since August 2nd!)

2 thoughts on “Olympic Blogs sidestep media ban

  1. Is blogging banned in Athens?

    The IOC’s idiocy continues to be one of the blogosphere’s topic du jour. Of course, the IOC’s strategy is to create water-tight monopolies and then onsell this piece of rent-seeking to the highest bidder at wildly inflated prices – still

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  2. Is blogging banned in Athens?

    The IOC’s idiocy continues to be one of the blogosphere’s topics du jour. Of course, the IOC’s strategy is to create water-tight monopolies and then onsell this piece of rent-seeking to the highest bidder at wildly inflated prices – still

    Like

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