ITV Studios attacked in Brazil, cracking glass behind presenters and cutting online feed
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ITV's first night of World Cup coverage was beset with problems as protesters hurled rocks at its beach-side studio and the channel's online service went down during the opening game.
Angry demonstrators pelted stones at the studio - situated next to the Copacabana Beach - so hard it smashed sections of the glass frontage.
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[quote]Football fans complained after the ITV Player went down during the opening 'Group A' match between Brazil and Croatia tonight, which ended with the host nation winning 3-1[/quote]
So that's what they were protesting about?
No wait, there's this too.
[quote][B]Protests have been ongoing in Brazil this week as angry locals criticised the amount of money spent on the World Cup by the host nation[/quote][/B]
Wow. This is actually funny :v:
So they're protesting an event that will likely bring hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars into the country?
Great job having the world game in such a civilized country....
[QUOTE=Friendly;45097390]So they're protesting an event that will likely bring hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars into the country?[/QUOTE]
It'd be great if all that money actually went to help the people. Instead the public is footing a bill to line the pockets of the government and FIFA. Corruption isn't quite on Sochi levels, but it's damn fucking close.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;45097415]the brazilian government are the kings of embezzlement[/QUOTE]and fifa is king of finding ways to take as much money as they can from the host
So they're protesting an event that will likely bring hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars into the country, that they'll never see?
The money is going straight into the pockets of the massive corporations and the government, poor people won't see a penny of it
The Olympics are fucked
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;45097415]the brazilian government are the kings of embezzlement[/QUOTE]
There's much worse countries than Brazil when it comes to corruption, Brazil would be more like the Earls of embezzlement.
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and yet brazil is only known for being a poor shitty country
it is no coincidence[/QUOTE]
GDP has nothing to do with equality, quality of life, or human development though. Brazil is all sorts of fucked up right now.
[QUOTE=Friendly;45097390]So they're protesting an event that will likely bring hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars into the country?[/QUOTE]
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just leaving this here.
[QUOTE=Friendly;45097390]So they're protesting an event that will likely bring hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars into the country?[/QUOTE]
The costs of these sorts of events rarely justifies the comparably small amount of money it brings in. Not to mention while Brazil is on the rise economically, they are not really "there" yet, not to the point of hosting a huge world cup event.
[QUOTE=Friendly;45097390]So they're protesting an event that will likely bring hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars into the country?[/QUOTE]
Have you ever read about the kind of infrastructure a country needs to host this kind of event? Olympic hosts don't make back their money from it, why would the World Cup?
The real reason they where protesting was over how crap ITV's coverage of the world cup is.
That was sooner than I expected.
[QUOTE=Banned?;45100585]Have you ever read about the kind of infrastructure a country needs to host this kind of event? Olympic hosts don't make back their money from it, why would the World Cup?[/QUOTE]
The World Cup usually does though, it's often a profit for the country and there's a ton of additional money flowing into the local economy.
The Olympic games seem to be pretty much hit and miss by comparison.
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