Saying No to Olympic Television

The Daily Dude has read and heard enough of China's failure to live up to the promises it made when it was awarded the Olympics seven years ago. It doesn't take a genius to realize they never had any intention of allowing freedom of speech for athletes, respecting human rights or the rights of journalists covering the games.

The IOC was wrong to award the Olympics to China, and NBC/GE/Universal is wrong to broadcast the games-- in doing so, it is facilitating the communist government's effort to stage worldwide propaganda.

At this point, I feel that I have no choice but to boycott the TV coverage of the games and hope that if enough people do the same, it will have some impact on the ratings-- perhaps enough to make broadcasters and the IOC take notice and think twice before awarding the Olympics to any future regimes like China.