Leaping Hurdles

So it's that time of the year again when you break out your sweaters, heat up the cocoa and campaign for The Olympics in your city?

That's right. Many Chicagoans, including the first Olympic city bid by a sitting President, are out gaining support for The 2016 Olympics to land in their city. Except, some are not, and the city doesn't like that too much. A group calling themselves Chicagoans for Rio is a large group of Chicaogoans with the slogan, "Just let Rio host the 2016 Olympics. We don't mind. Honest." The group has protested most of the Chicago Olympic committee meetings and has started an entire grass-roots campaign to keep The 2016 Olympics out of Chicago.

Their only problem? They won't be finding coverage in the local news media.

The Chicago Olympic Committee has asked all the local news media not to cover the group and that it would wound Chicago's chances to host The Olympics. WFLD-TV has been the only station that aired anything about the group and immediately recieved a cease and desist letter from the committee and asked for their commitment in solidarity with the bid. The station managers at WFLD-TV immediately ordered all o their reporters to stop writing stories that involved the group.

So the group, who just want some peace of mind, will have to get the attention of The National Media, or just Rio, who have featured the story for the last week on all of its state media.

Sources: http://www.breitbart.tv/chicagoans-for-rio-not-everyone-in-illinois-wants-the-2016-olympics/

http://digg.com/politics/FOX_TV_CHICAGO_ORDERED_NOT_TO_RUN_ANTI_OLYMPICS_STORY