Olympia-aatetta kerrakseen
17.2.2006Osui silmääni kun selailin linkkejäni, että Lingossa tai jossain oli hotolympians. Nyt sivusto on alhaalla ja siellä on ilmoitus, että olympiakomitea on vaatinut sulkemista. Mielenkiintoisin perusteluin. Lue lisää.
Muutama ote: ”According to USOC’s representative I spoke with on the phone, the main issue for their call was our featuring athletes in conjunction with selling advertising space, making us a commercial site and not a journalistic endeavor.” ”When asked why a local newspaper could publish a feature of an athlete right next to an advertisement, I was told that we weren’t a news operation.” Ja: ”This strikes at the same issues many bloggers have dealt with in not having the same rights as journalists.”
Kummallista.