As protesters in Chinese cities rage against Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy, TV feeds are edited to avoid crowd scenes
some fans were “choosing to watch the games at home with their families” due to Covid restrictions under which people have been discouraged from gathering to watch the tournament., noticed that games broadcast on the state-owned channel, China Central Television , were being edited to avoid live shots of cheering crowds and instead show closeups of the players and coaches.
“Of course, there are going to be times when you still see crowd shots – wider shots, after some goals when a cutaway shot would be too jarring etc,” DreyerBroadcasters at sporting tournaments are typically given the option by organisers to choose their own camera angles, and can set a delay so that the game can be edited quickly before the public sees it.
Dreyer, the author of Sporting Superpower: An Insider’s View on China’s Quest to Be the Best, said such “pre-emptive censorship” was not a new policy for Beijing. “Chinese broadcasters are notoriously cautious of crowd shots at international sporting events because of what might be seen – like Tibetan flags, for example,” he said.Coronavirus case numbers have hit record highs, prompting yet more lockdowns in cities across the country.
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