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China's "Live" Olympic Broadcast Will Be Delayed 10 Seconds to Avoid Airing any Embarrassing Political Episodes By chinafreepress.org Jul 8, 2008 - 11:41:36 PM To avoid broadcasting any undesirable incident, China's government has instituted a 10-second delay on the "live" broadcast of the Olympics. According to sources, the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party has ordered all regional television stations to implement a 10 second delay on their "live" Olympic broadcast. This delay order is meant to protect against any political protest--whether shouting a slogan or unveiling a banner--being broadcast, including any by foreign athletes in competition or...

Olympic Games: China curbs Tiananmen Square live broadcasts Broadcasts from Tiananmen Square have been banned Ashling O'Connor Olympics Correspondent The Chinese authorities have banned round-the-clock broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Olympics. Beijing Games organisers yesterday cited fears of overcrowding as they told international broadcasters that they could set up live positions only between 6am and 10am and 9pm and 11pm local time because of competing demands for the world's largest urban square from tourists, heads of state and other VIPs. The restrictions mean that the BBC's stock-in-trade live interview with its correspondent will be missing from primetime news programmes....

/begin my summary Taiwan FTV: Slugfest on Live Broadcast On Aug. 24, at a political talk show 'Sovereign's Talk' aired on Taiwan's FTV, Lin Zheng-jie, a former legislator(left), is punching Jin Heng-wei, the General Editor of 'Dang-dai.' Two were panelists at the show. They were having heated arguments over whether President Chen Sui-bian should step down. Suddenly, Lin started to punch Jin, and both exchanged punches and kicks. It got bloody and went on for a minute. Since the broadcast was live, it was aired uncensored. TV viewers were shocked. As for the result, it was the rout by Lin, who goes...

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 Posted at 3:00 PM, Pacific Iron Hugh Sits Down for a Six Hour SCOTUS Special. The Texas head-fake has thrown a lot of sand in a lot of gears among the lefty blogs. Now they are in deep panic because CNN spotted Judge Luttig in D.C. in the company of his family. Heh. Building the audience for the announcement even as fear and confusion course through the opponents' ranks. I love the timing as well, as it gives the center-right new media a head-start before the fever swamp begins emitting its gas. Tough to go the...