Journalists Banned From Using Smartphones At 2014 Sochi Olympics?

First time accepted submitter SlongNY writes in with a story that journalists may be banned from taking photos or videos with smartphones at the 2014 Olympics. "'Journalists using mobile phones to film athletes or spectators will be considered a serious violation and will result in cancellation of accreditation,' said Vasily Konov, head of the state-run R-Sport news agency, which controls accreditation at the games. According to Buzzfeed, Mr. Konov later denied that he had said the ban was in place. Radio Free Europe, however, also reported him as saying the same thing."

Ought to be a real party

[amightywind]

What can go wrong with a Russian occupied war zone 20km south in Abkhazia, 200 km from a civil war zone in Chechnya, in a country run by a KGB trained despot who hates homosexuals, with no phones, and no outside communications? Ought to be a real party.

Re:Bash the Russians.

[TechyImmigrant]

Was that your homework assignment for a rhetoric class or do you actually go around talking like that while people quietly wish you would go somewhere else?

Re:How is this a surprise?

[mobby_6kl]

Well, as long as they make taking photos with a tablet an offense punishable by death, carried out on the spot, I don't have a problem with the rule.

Re:How is this a surprise?

[bob_super]

Why?
I crack up every time, it makes me think of $Preacher holding $Sacred_book to honor $Deity, but 21st-century shallow.