August 5, 2008 4:59 AM
A.M./P.M.: The Olympic Muzzle
Hi, folks, Dan Oshinsky with The Rocky Mountain News here in Beijing, where we've been asking one big question all week: how exactly are the Chinese going to deal with Olympic athletes who try to mouth off to the international media about all of China's problems? Well, we at The Rocky think we've found a solution.Let me introduce to you the Olympic Muzzle. It's a simple device. You place it snugly over your mouth and speak normally. The muzzle does the rest of the work. It won't let any derogatory comments about China be released. It's just that effective and easy to use.
Other muzzles might let a few words slip, but not our Taiwanese-made Olympic Muzzle. It's your own personal censor here in China, and better yet, it even filters out all of the nasty toxins in Beijing's air.
A two-for-one muzzle like that might cost you hundreds back in the States, but this marvelous device can be yours for just four easy payments of $2.02. If you call now, we'll even throw in a free Mandarin-subtitled bootleg of "The Dark Knight," yet to be released in China as government censors work to slice up the film into Communist-approved propaganda.
So call now to order your Olympic Muzzle. Remember, folks: this year's Olympic slogan is "One World, One Dream": a dream that no one -- not the athletes, and certainly not the media -- will say anything even remotely controversial or truthful about China this Olympic season.
Alright, off soapbox. It's 7 p.m. in Beijing, and 5 a.m. in Denver. Here are the stories that are making Olympic headlines on this Tuesday evening/morning:
>Hotel operators are a bit worried that after the Games end, there won't be a market for the thousands of hotel rooms newly constructed in Beijing.
>A slideshow of photos of Becky Hammon, a former Colorado State basketball star now playing for Russia, against Team USA last night.
>A sneak peek at some of the Olympic cheerleaders.
>Chinese bloggers are going on hiatus due to censorship.
>A look back to October 28, 1982, when the Chinese population hit one billion.
>If Chinese government's numbers are to be believed, the smog levels increased five-fold between Sunday evening and Monday morning. I think that it was much worse than that. These photos seem to support that hypothesis.
>This year's Olympic Games are clearly about marketing to the Chinese. There's a good reason why Ad Watch has been a regular feature on the blog so far.
>Yes, but can he do Blue Steel?
>Your could-be-an-Onion-headline-of-the-day: "Results of English learning speak for themselves." Whatever you guys say.
May 19, 2011
4:14 PM
Stacee Torelli writes:
it start already and I love all the posters it shows something new in each one.