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Originally Posted by ozonemania
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I just can't believe this guy claims to have covered 15 Olympics, 7 of them winter, yet, in his
original column, was shocked by this:
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The Vancouver Games' ticketing policy didn't help the partisan scene at the venues. To order Olympic tickets through the Vancouver 2010 Web site, a buyer had to have a Canadian address. China sold 6.8 million tickets to its 2008 Summer Olympics. Vancouver only made 1.6 million available. The Canadians wanted to "Own the Podium," but organizers made sure that they owned the grandstands at each venue as well.
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You've watched (covered?!) 15 of these things and you've never noticed that they might be selling more tickets in the summer!? As for selling tickets to Canadians... there were endless tickets available for resale at 'market' prices. We're paying for the games. I'm not really keen on subsidizing Americans who want to attend events or flip tickets themselves.
And that was probably the least offensive part of his article. Anyways, this type of reporting and the squawking in the British media really isn't worth getting worked up about, but it's unfortunate. I guess there is just so much being said, broadcasted, written, blogged, posted etc. that being outrageous and sensational is the best way to get heard when you don't actually have an interesting story to tell or any particular talent for telling one.
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