Foreign Media Reporters Slammed for Obstructing Beijing Winter Olympics Coverage: Stalking, Harassment, and Reprimands
Foreign media reporters based in China issued a statement on 2 November, accusing the Chinese government of "constantly blocking" foreign media from covering Beijing Winter Olympics-related events, including denying or ignoring requests to cover the event, as well as stalking, harassing, bullying and making things difficult for reporters with almost impossible-to-reach epidemic prevention requirements.
The Guardian reported on 2 November that the Foreign Correspondents' Club in China (FCCC) issued a sternly worded statement on Twitter accusing the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics of failing to uphold the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s charter requirement to adequately ensure media coverage of the Games for a global audience, “Our members have repeatedly asked (the Beijing Winter Games Organizing Committee) how the international media can cover the Games, but have been met with conflicting answers or have been completely ignored.”
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place next February. The statement said that in the past year, most of the FCCC reporters were unable to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics press conference or related events, while domestic Chinese reporters were allowed to cover the event; many of the dates of the press conference were not announced in advance or were announced only a few hours before the press conference. Foreign journalists were denied access to the event because the Beijing Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee limited their participation to selected media outlets, announced that the number of participants was full, or requested that participants submit their COVID-19 test results within a few hours, which was almost impossible.
Source: LibertyTimesNet #Nov03
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/world/breakingnews/3724243
#China #Beijing #ForeignMedia #BeijingOlympicWinterGames #BeijingWinterGamesOrganizingCommittee #InternationalOlympicCommittee #IOC #ForeignCorrespondentsClubinChina #FCCC #TheGuardian
Foreign media reporters based in China issued a statement on 2 November, accusing the Chinese government of "constantly blocking" foreign media from covering Beijing Winter Olympics-related events, including denying or ignoring requests to cover the event, as well as stalking, harassing, bullying and making things difficult for reporters with almost impossible-to-reach epidemic prevention requirements.
The Guardian reported on 2 November that the Foreign Correspondents' Club in China (FCCC) issued a sternly worded statement on Twitter accusing the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympics of failing to uphold the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s charter requirement to adequately ensure media coverage of the Games for a global audience, “Our members have repeatedly asked (the Beijing Winter Games Organizing Committee) how the international media can cover the Games, but have been met with conflicting answers or have been completely ignored.”
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place next February. The statement said that in the past year, most of the FCCC reporters were unable to attend the Beijing Winter Olympics press conference or related events, while domestic Chinese reporters were allowed to cover the event; many of the dates of the press conference were not announced in advance or were announced only a few hours before the press conference. Foreign journalists were denied access to the event because the Beijing Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee limited their participation to selected media outlets, announced that the number of participants was full, or requested that participants submit their COVID-19 test results within a few hours, which was almost impossible.
Source: LibertyTimesNet #Nov03
https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.ltn.com.tw/amp/news/world/breakingnews/3724243
#China #Beijing #ForeignMedia #BeijingOlympicWinterGames #BeijingWinterGamesOrganizingCommittee #InternationalOlympicCommittee #IOC #ForeignCorrespondentsClubinChina #FCCC #TheGuardian
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