英记者指责NBC奥运转播延迟 微博帐号被停

英国《独立报》驻美国的一位记者因为在推特上指责美国NBC电视台延迟转播伦敦奥运会开幕式，并且向网友公布该电视台一位高管的邮箱地址，而被推特暂封帐号。美国NBC电视台没有直播伦敦奥运会开幕式，而是将其延后几小时，对实况进行剪辑并插入广告和向2005年伦敦爆炸案遇难者致哀的内容后才播出。其延后转播行为以及转播中插播广告的长度和不尽人意的解说引来了广泛批评。这位英国记者号召他的4400名粉丝集体给NBC负责奥运转播的高管写信表达责难，还在自己微博上将这位高管称为“专业白痴”。NBC因此向推特投诉，称这位记者在网上公布其高管邮箱地址侵犯了用户隐私权，随后，这位记者的推特账户便被暂停使用。

A British journalist’s Twitter account has been suspended after he criticized an American network’s London 2012 Olympics coverage and disclosed the email address of one of its senior executives.

Guy Adams, a foreign correspondent for The Independent, wrote several critical posts about NBC’s London Games coverage.

But the journalist, who moved to Los Angeles four years ago, then published the corporate email address of Gary Zenkel, the president of NBC Olympics.

He also called the network executive “moronic” and said he should be fired for the lamentable coverage and blunders.

NBC have come under fire for it decision during the opening ceremony to apparently refuse to show it live.

When the event was screened, hours later, large portions were edited out to allow more time for commercial breaks including a tribute to the July 7 bombing victims.

It has also been criticized for its factual errors, including placing Australia in Europe on a website profile, length of advertisements and poor quality commentating.

Mr Adams, 34, urged his nearly 4,400 followers to contact the man in charge of the network’s Games coverage after the series of blunders and criticisms from viewers.

"The man responsible for NBC pretending the Olympics haven't started yet is Gary Zenkel. Tell him what u think! Email.... )

He also called Jim Bell, the network’s executive producer of its Games coverage a “professional idiot”.

He had also written a negative piece about its coverage titled: “As America succeeds at the Games, back home all the talk is about #NBCfail.”

Officials from the network, who have sent more than 2,700 people to London to cover the Games, complained to Twitter about the post regarding Mr Zenkel's email address and on Monday, Mr Adams’s personal account was suspended.

It is understood he received the following message explaining the decision: “It is a violation of the Twitter rules to post the private and confidential information of others.”

But the decision to suspend his account provoked swift condemnation worldwide from Twitter users. At one stage NBC was one of the most talked about topics on the microblogging website.

Archie Bland, The Independent’s deputy editor, said that the actions were “heavy-handed”.

An NBC spokesman said: “We filed a complaint with Twitter because a user tweeted the personal information of one of our executives. According to Twitter, this is a violation of their privacy policy. Twitter alone levies discipline.”