I expected that the internet at the new built Media Press Center (MPC) would have unfiltered access to the internet, but early reports are to the contrary. There is no doubt negative new sells, so it is surprising that Olympic organizers would give journalists something like internet censorship to complain about.

To quote from this article in Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald:

Organisers had repeatedly claimed that internet would not be censored during the Games but at the press conference a Wall Street Journal journalist produced his laptop and showed that sites such as the BBC in China and Hong Kong’s Apple Daily were being restricted. BOCOG media director Sun Weijia initially said the problem lay with the journalist, and claimed all websites and pages were available.

“There is no problem or issues,” he said. But when confronted by a large gathering of Western media all making the same complaint, he said: “I will look into it and get back to you.”

I really can’t see why you would block news websites to journalists.