ABOUT CLICKED

The modern news consumer ignores Weblogs and online citizen journalism at his own peril. But not everyone has the time to keep track of what's going on the Web. With this blog we hope to track the highlights of what's being discussed online so when news breaks from the Web, we're ready.

Will Femia is a Weblog enthusiast who, through good fortune and dumb luck, was introduced to the form as his position as chat producer for MSNBC.com careered into obsolescence. On any given day, Will can be found having already spent an unhealthy amount of time squinting at a computer screen.

Send a message to Will at spotter@msnbc.com



That Chinese gymnast age investigation

Posted: Friday, August 22, 2008 1:11 AM by Will Femia
Filed Under:

Contrary to the IOC's conclusions about the age of Chinese gymnast He Kexin and their belief that the matter will be "put to rest," the investigative work displayed on one blog and the magical "gotcha" authority that comes with the phrase "search engine cache" ensure that those who don't want to buy it don't have to.

 

MAIN PAGE

Email this EMAIL THIS

Comments

Well at least they dropped the hammer on that Swedish wrestler who "brought disrepute" to the Olympics, eh?

I do love how the IOC keeps going on about how the documents China produces are all "official". How couldn't they be? The Chinese government is the one making them!

Sean (Sent Friday, August 22, 2008 2:46 AM)

Why don't they just cut her in half and count her growth rings?

Steve, AR (Sent Friday, August 22, 2008 2:37 PM)

I think we really ought to leave it alone.  There is a fine line between righteous indignation and poor sportsmanship.

Did they cheat?  Probably, but there is not proof and not much we can do about it.  Too much complaining, and we begin to look as a bad as the Chinese.

Dick Richardson (Sent Friday, August 22, 2008 4:28 PM)

The IOC is proving that it is prepared to commit FRAUD in order to keep the Chinese government happy.  The evidence uncovered by the bloggers is irrefutable proof that the Chinese government engaged in INSTITUTIONAL FRAUD.  

Henri (Sent Sunday, August 24, 2008 1:57 PM)

No matter how much eye candy China had there still communist.
Considering from the opening ceremony’s having a fake pretty do the lip singing and keeping ugly behind the curtain is evidence of a corrupt sociality.
Not till they give the metals back will there be justice.
China will walk away with only a few metals in 2012 where payback will rule

Zipper (Sent Wednesday, August 27, 2008 6:20 AM)



SEND A COMMENT

PLEASE READ: All comments must be approved before appearing in the thread; time and space constraints prevent all comments from appearing. We will only approve comments that are directly related to the blog, use appropriate language and are not attacking the comments of others.

Message (please, no HTML tags. Web addresses will be hyperlinked):

Your name, city and state (John Doe, Seattle, Wash.): 

 Your e-mail address (jdoe@msnbc.com):

Your website (it's okay if you don't have one):

Remember me? (We'll keep it private)

TRACKBACKS

Trackbacks are links to weblogs that reference this post. Like comments, trackbacks do not appear until approved by us. The trackback URL for this post is: http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/trackback.aspx?PostID=1283224