#world cup coverage

[tomorrowusa]

Recent demonstrations in China may have initially been protests against severe government lockdowns. But they quickly evolved into criticisms of censorship and the dictatorial style of leader Xi Jinping.

Xi is a classic micromanager. His régime has even tried to regulate how much toilet paper people can use by putting facial recognition cameras in public bathrooms. China has a growing Orwellian-named “social credit” system which punishes or rewards people based on how worthy or untrustworthy citizens’ behavior is – according to the ruling Communist Party.

The strict COVID lockdowns in China have seemed increasingly suspicious. China isn’t using the effective mRNA vaccines which have brought down the infection rate and reduced the seriousness of infections for people in North America, Europe, Japan, and South Korea; not sure why this is except, possibly, misplaced nationalism. Outside China such lockdowns are a tool of the pre-vaccine period of the pandemic.

My own impression is that Xi is using COVID policy as an excuse to increase his personal control over the population. Control freak Xi would rather have lockdowns than import better vaccines.

People in China are generally becoming fed up with Xi’s efforts to impose an intrusive digital Stalinism on the population. And the government’s so called “Zero Covid” restrictions are having a negative impact on the Chinese economy which is spilling over into international trade. Apple has production facilities in China, and because of government policy it is falling behind in production of iPhones.

China is trying to keep the rest of the world from following the current wave of dissent.  Elon Musk’s mass firings and drastic weakening of moderation have helped China flood Twitter with spam to drown out reports about the protests.

Elon Musk Slashed Twitter's Safety Team. Then a Chinese Spam Campaign Ran Rampant

In a bizarre move, China is censoring World Cup coverage to keep people from seeing large crowds without masks.

China Appears To Be Censoring The World Cup Coverage Due To Lockdown Unrest

The Chinese Communist Party apparently doesn’t want Chinese people to see that the rest of the world is doing a better job at controlling COVID – without severely controlling people’s lives.

Like Putin’s Russia, Xi’s China is an example of what can happen when one person is allowed unlimited power. Democracy may be more messy but it does a better job in the long run.

#china #zero covid #covid-19 #xi jinping #control freak #dictatorship #micromanagement #toilet surveillance #lockdowns #censorship #protests #demonstrations #authoritarianism #apple #iphone shortfall #elon musk #twitter #spam from china #world cup coverage #中国 #习近平 #控制狂 #赤納粹 #清零 #抗议示威 #审查制度 #形式主义

[tabbyofwisdom]

#I've already printed out the WC schedule and have it in my calendar #but hells yes I want Hannah reminding me about it #also ya'll WATCH WOMEN'S SPORTS #not just the world cup #but everything #these women give 1000% #and receive much less then men #not just in money but in equipment and playing locations and coverage #hannah waddingham #women's sports #Youtube

[zingaplanet]

So here's a recap of what happened so far at the pundit world cup:

Roy was caught going shopping with Wrighty (THEY WERE PLAYING MINI MALL FOOTBALL. I REPEAT: MINI MALL FOOTBALL). You couldn't tell if it's more traumatizing for the people of Qatar or for Roy.

Gary's still eating weetabix and going to the gym every morning. Him and Wrighty apparently also made Roy pay for their weetabix and yoghurt but his golden credit card was declined at the till in Doha ("it's past my 50 quid daily allowance") he had to text his wife Theresa to up his daily allowance LOL

The pundits have created a real-life multiverse of madness: The BBC-ITV cross pundit matches. Micah get put in goal, Roy threw himself back to 1998 and scored an off-the-ground goal. Celebrations were had, shirts were thrown off, grown middle-aged men were making sandwich piles, chaosness was ensued.

The sky team (Keano, Nev, Micah) dragged the other british pundits to a night out last week where Keano was said to teach G Nev how to "dance with his hips" 🥲💀

Roy Keane did a Roy Keane for a couple days in the qualifier cos he's Roy Keane and entitled to do some Roy Keane-ing

There is some bad news tho, this world cup has not been great for the spouses left behind and many have been seen roaming round in public desperate, like wild animals deprived of their mating cycles. PDAs have been through the roofs and it's not even christmas yet:

#alas roy keane is the star of everything that features roy keane but why are we surprised? he's roy keane #the pundits are the real MVP of the world cup #meh who needs players' coverage?? team snippets? we need footage of micah tik toking roy every 5 secs through the streets of qatar #we need gary being stared at by the locals for hoarding the country's supply of weetabix in one day #we need wrighty phone calling shearer and to annoy him about his and keano's quality time #world cup 2022 #qatar 2022 #football #pundits #carraville #jamie carragher #gary neville #roy keane #micah richards #england nt #ian wright #Youtube

[cithaerons]

i want to talk to the NYT people so badly. you really think this deserves to be on your front page? 

#i have almost switched to getting my news from aljazeera #although its world cup coverage is getting a little obnoxious. sporting matches are also not news.

[nb2000]

When your Twitter feed is full of people celebrating England's win but you're Welsh-Australian and also hate football so fucking much

#I mean I'm glad the Women's World Cup has been getting coverage on par with the Men's World Cup but I still loathe this sport #they're already saying 'it's coming home!' and I can feel my brain melting

[bendgineer]

RIP Grant Wahl.

The state of soccer in the world, especially in the US and in the women's game, would not be where it is today without him. A true professional, and we were lucky to have him.

At this point, a few hours after news of his passing broke, it's impossible to say whether or not foul play is at hand. But I do know the circumstances are suspicious, and anyone else looking at the situation has to agree.

All I know is that Grant wrote great articles about soccer. I didn't 100% agree with all his opinions, but they were all well thought out and I undoubtedly respected then. He IS the standard for professional sports journalism. He will be missed, so, so much.

#oh he had a freak anuerysm #grant wahl #world cup #soccer #its actually unbelievable #the US better get his body within 24 hrs and do an independent autopsy #and tbh anything less than or the like will make me 99% sure he was murdered #for his lgbtq+ advocacy and his unabashed coverage of qatars human rights abuses

[eurofox]

I do not care for sport and never will but the male reaction to literally any coverage of the women's world cup is desperately sad.

Paragraph long comments about how much they don't care.

#get a fucking life #the coverage of the men's world cup is never fucking ending

[annarubys]

rip to everyone who lives somewhere that doesn’t have telemundo you will never understand what their iconic football commentary is like

#every team gets hyped up here the vibes are immaculate #every other sports coverage channel needs to take notes. i’d watch the superbowl if it was covered like this #if you don’t speak spanish and have telemundo you should still be watching on telemundo tbh you’ll have a way better time watching there #than on fox even with the language barrier i promise #world cup #a.txt

[frauenfootball]

#people aren't happy with this because this channel is notorious for not giving football (men and women) the proper coverage it is due #but there you go #the free broadcast in australia #(on top of optus' one that's behind a subscription) #also this reminds me #i gotta check how to watch the world cup from new zealand #wwc 2023 #wwc 2023 broadcast #wwc 2023 broadcast: australia

[datasportsgroup]

#rugby data feed #rugby xml data #rugby coverage #Rugby world cup live score API

[76th-biannual-cock-festival]

Anyway good job to everyone for completely forgetting somehow to boycott the World Cup. The fuck happened to that? Everyone who swore up and down they were disgusted with the treatment of both LGBT people in Qatar and the hellish conditions migrant workers endured during prep suddenly did not seem to care the minute their favorite team was on TV. Nice job everybody.

#this keeps happening with everything. #eurovision the olympics literally everything that had boycott calls #and I understand it isn't easy to complete avoid coverage because it's plastered everywhere #but jesus fucking christ if you're going to do it anyway don't be a fucking hypocrite. #the people I see celebrating the hardest are the ones who swore up and down they'd boycott #sorry people's literal deaths are an inconvenience to you enjoying funny ball game #world cup

[corigauff]

Henry Kane’s a Brady stan?! YUCKIE

#America is exhausting why am I seeing Brady while watching World Cup coverage #REST

[bookdork1]

I am so over World Cup games during the school year and early in the morning 😭😭😭

#The teachers burden of not getting to watch full World Cup coverage like I’m used to

[theusarticles]

Dec. 3, 2022 coverage of the World Cup

Dec. 3, 2022 coverage of the World Cup

Argentina fans with a Lionel Messi shirt during the match between Argentina and Australia at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on Saturday. (Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images) Everywhere you go in Doha over the past week, you’ll hear people talking about Lionel Messi. Thousands of people – creating a sea of blue and white – have come to watch their hero in what is likely to be his…

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#2022 coverage of the World Cup #Dec. 3 #sport

[lizzieehearts]

hyunjin doing commentary for the world cup is so funny to me

#some korean turning on world cup coverage: HYUNJIN FROM LOONA???? #everything that woman does is for the bit im telling you #loona

[sodrippy]

election night coverage is so annoying though like why do they always have a panel of annoying ass politicians girl stop selling its fucking over be quiet

#just have a little chart of the results i dont want to hear liberal and labour people arguing #WHDBQJSN OK BUT THE COVERAGE OF REPORTERS AT PUBS IS REALLY FUNNY #these people are acting like theyre watching the world cup match and being just as loud and annoying in the bg whhdwhdn #anyway seriously why are there always politicians and mps why cant your Panel just be regular humans