2024-07-29 08:54:19
Author: Bayram Elshadov
The French media have gone into hysterics over the Paris Olympics. Judging by the reaction of French journalists, the publications are looking for someone to blame for the frankly disastrous first days of the Olympic Games.
To be specific, TF1 decided to “whitewash” the Paris Olympics in a very predictable way – by accusing other countries of conducting a campaign against the games in the French capital. The French TV channel blamed Chinese, Russian and, surprisingly, Azerbaijani media for this.
But here a logical question arises. How are journalists from these countries involved in the fact that even before the official opening of the Olympic Games, the world media are reporting on various scandals, robberies and other facts that highlight the shortcomings made by the organizers? Or maybe it is the Azerbaijani journalists who are to blame for the fact that the Australian athletes were robbed?
The question is, of course, rhetorical. After all, it is obvious to the naked eye that the Olympics in France are the most striking example of how not to organize such large-scale events. The French themselves write about the problems in organizing the Olympics. For example, the French newspaper L’Equipe openly described the difficult situation with providing athletes with food.
It is also very interesting to know the reasons why TF1 focused its attention on Azerbaijan. For example, the authoritative New York Times lashed out at the organizers of the games due to concerns about the choice of location for the Olympic Village. But the journalists of the French TV channel did not mention this in their report. Which suggests that Azerbaijan, Russia and China were chosen for a specific reason. After all, France has complicated relations with all these countries, so Baku, Moscow and Beijing are easy targets. You can dump all your problems on them without much fear. But the French are afraid to repeat this with the New York Times, because they understand what it is fraught with.
But the reality is that only the lazy do not talk about the problems in organizing a large-scale sporting event. The publications of many countries emphasize, to put it mildly, the imperfect organization and disseminate information about various incidents.
Perhaps French journalists should consider the reasons why the preparation for the Olympics and its start turned out to be a failure, rather than looking for foreign traces and trying to whitewash themselves by shifting the blame to others.