Posted on 02/04/2022 9:02:42 AM PST by algore
A Dutch reporter covering the Beijing Winter Olympics was captured being dragged away by Chinese security live on air, before the opening ceremony could even finish.
Sjoerd den Daas, a correspondent for NOS Journaal, was covering the long-awaited opening of games in China when a man wearing a red armband entered the frame and grabbed the journalist by the shoulders.
Mr den Daas attempted to continue his broadcast but was pulled away, in an example of one of China's latest tactics at intimidating foreign reporters.
The interruption came from a man wearing a black jacket and a red band around the sleeve which appears to distinguish him a 'Public Security Volunteer', a citizen-led neighbourhood watch established to help police maintain order.
It is unclear what Mr den Daas was doing prompt intervention, but NOS later tweeted that he was able to continue the report minutes later.
It has been suggested the journalist's report was not photogenic enough, given Mr den Daas was filming on a badly lit street rather than the glamorous Bird's Nest stadium, the Daily Beast reported.
The publication's post said: 'Our correspondent was pulled away from the camera by security guards at 12:00 pm live in the NOS Journaal.
'Unfortunately, this is increasingly becoming a daily reality for journalists in China. He is fine and was able to finish his story a few minutes later.'
According to the latest Media Freedoms report by the The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC) from last month, foreign journalists are 'facing unprecedented hurdles' due to the 'governmentâs efforts to block and discredit independent reporting'.
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Why is the U.S. even there? Hoping China won’t give the athletes and attendees a new variation of the virus as a goodbye gift.
Meh, the ruling class is making money from China, they’ll tolerate anything China does, as long as the money continues to flow.
Ask Joe, or LeBron.
I wonder what the reporter was told before he was released?
I wonder if we will ever know?
This is where centralized power and leftist/statist ideology always leads.
Don’t think America’s leftists and deep state couldn’t take us to the same place. China has just had a lot longer to practice, that’s all.
Maybe China will keep them all there as political hostages.
A person who lived in China during the 2012 games said they rounded up all blacks and others they deemed unsightly off the streets.
For the Berlin Games in 1936, the Nazis removed all anti-Semitic signs from Berlin.
This will not be covered by the US media. The US media has too much money to lose.
If a reporter carried a sign that said “You stole the 2020 election”, how long would they be standing in the WH press room.
We are there now.
F’ the Olympics, F’ Red China...
WH Press room? Try a random busy street in DC or Manhattan
Any idea what the Dutchman did to warrant being grabbed up by the commies?
Well...Beijing holds controlling interests in our Federal Government so why wouldn’t we be there?
agreed, i am boycotting the winter Olympics this time around and being an old skier i enjoy the winter games more so than summer.
You know the left wants to do this to Joe Rogan, as a start.
I love it when commies eat their own.
Isn't that fantastic? The Speaker of the House of the United States of America warning our athletes about speaking out on conditions or anything else. Might as well hang a chicom flag in the well of the house.
Fixed. See Tagline.
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