Police State: Twitter bans Brit hack over Olympic coverage criticism
Guy Adams, a writer for the UK’s Independent, had his Twitter account suspended while criticizing NBC’s coverage of the 2012 London Olympics. The ban was quickly executed at the broadcaster's request. - The LA-based Brit was initially angered by NBC’s decision to broadcast some events on tape-delay.
“Am I alone in wondering why NBColympics think its [sic] acceptable to pretend this road race is being broadcast live?” he tweeted.
Adams’ tweets got more and more stinging, until the journalist went after NBC Olympics President Gary Zenkel, calling him a “moronic exec” who was misleading the network’s viewers. Adams then tweeted that Zenkel should be fired, and published Zeckel’s corporate email address so that his followers could give him a piece of their mind.