{"id":1304815,"date":"2022-02-16T23:37:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T04:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304815"},"modified":"2022-02-16T23:37:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T04:37:48","slug":"associated-press-gushes-over-olympic-cuisine-as-athletes-complain-of-starvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/associated-press-gushes-over-olympic-cuisine-as-athletes-complain-of-starvation\/","title":{"rendered":"Associated Press Gushes over Olympic Cuisine as Athletes Complain of Starvation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fassociated-press-gushes-over-olympic-cuisine-as-athletes-complain-of-starvation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1304815&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">On Wednesday, the Associated Press published an article full of glowing praise for China\u2019s handling of the Olympics. Specifically, the AP tells readers just how delicious the Communist Party\u2019s food has been.<\/p>\n<p>But even as the AP told Olympics fans about the wonderful foods being served to the athletes, the article made no mention of the many athletes who have had just the opposite reaction to the food they are being served.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/winter-olympics-hockey-ice-dancing-figure-skating-coronavirus-pandemic-863b50711b740127c25644adce5e45da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> entitled, \u201cATHLETES ON: Best things they\u2019ve eaten in the Olympic bubble,\u201d the AP reveals several athletes who gush about the exciting foods they have been served during their stay in the Olympic village.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/16233741\/worker-in-a-hazmat-suit-works-in-a-hotel-restaurant-buffet-section-picture-id1369795116\" alt=\"Worker in a hazmat suit works in a hotel restaurant buffet section, which is part of the closed-loop Winter Olympics Accommodation Allocation...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>BEIJING, CHINA \u2013 FEBRUARY 10: A worker in a hazmat suit works in a hotel restaurant buffet section, which is part of the closed-loop Winter Olympics Accommodation Allocation Agreement (AAA) on February 10, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Annice Lyn\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The AP article praises foods supplied by the Chinese government, including the avocado ice cream, the \u201chot pot\u201d meals, the rice, the noodles, the dumplings, and other delicacies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>But while the AP quoted German ice hockey players and figure skaters, Czech ice dancers, and a few others, the wire service completely ignored the mounting number of stories that have flooded out of Beijing featuring athletes charging China with starving them and offering terrible food to the athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, for instance, <i>Forbes<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/masonbissada\/2022\/02\/06\/not-getting-food-china-under-fire-for-treatment-of-olympic-athletes\/?sh=4bfe47351f4e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that many athletes have complained that they haven\u2019t been getting enough food to fuel them for their high-energy activities.<\/p>\n<p>Market Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/fyre-fest-or-the-beijing-olympics-some-athletes-say-theyre-starved-for-food-and-information-at-the-2022-winter-games-11644262561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added<\/a> that \u201cRussian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova shared a picture of what she said was being served as \u201cbreakfast, lunch and dinner for five days already\u201d on Instagram: plain pasta, charred meat on a bone, an orangish sauce and no vegetables.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is China using quarantines to rig the Olympics? <\/p>\n<p>A Russian athlete, Valeria Vasnetsova, has blown the whistle. <\/p>\n<p>She says foreign athletes who test positive for covid are being starved, so they can&#8217;t compete even if they recover.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tM79dQZEID\">pic.twitter.com\/tM79dQZEID<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clint Ehrlich (@ClintEhrlich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClintEhrlich\/status\/1490025482821062659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The left-wing Daily Beast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/tears-of-despair-for-three-olympic-athletes-held-against-their-will-in-beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> that some athletes report being \u201cbadly fed\u201d and forced to stay in \u201ccockroach-infested isolation hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <i>New York Post<\/i> even <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/11\/grim-signs-that-china-is-manipulating-the-olympic-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that some athletes fear that China is starving athletes to \u201cmanipulate\u201d the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, not one of these reports made their way into the AP\u2019s plaudits for China\u2019s Olympics food service.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, the Associated Press published an article full of glowing praise for China\u2019s handling of the Olympics. 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