{"id":189,"date":"2012-06-07T07:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T07:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/?p=189"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T08:23:13","slug":"olympic-torchbearer-investigation-picked-up-by-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/olympic-torchbearer-investigation-picked-up-by-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic torchbearer investigation picked up by Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-190 aligncenter\" title=\"Guardian cover HMI's olympic torchbearer investigation\" src=\"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-3-291x300.png\" alt=\"Guardian cover HMI's olympic torchbearer investigation\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-3-291x300.png 291w, http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Picture-3.png 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Guardian <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/sport\/2012\/jun\/06\/torchbearers-nominated-olympics-sponsors?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter\">have now published their story on the corporate torchbearers<\/a>, following a tip-off last week from Help Me Investigate the Olympics. James Ball writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;More than 1,200 spaces were allocated to the International Olympic Committee, the British Olympics Association, and to staff working for Games sponsors \u2013 whose picks included company directors, Russian newspaper editors, and even an official at the US&#8217;s Food and Drug Administration.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article generously credits HMI Olympics and adds further details, including responses from sponsors Coca Cola who say:<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;[A small number of our allocation has been given to] our campaign ambassadors who have helped to find our Future Flames.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And the organisers of London 2012:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The same torchbearer selection criteria applied across the whole relay \u2013 ie personal bests and\/or contribution to the community.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guardian have now published their story on the corporate torchbearers, following a tip-off last week from Help Me Investigate the Olympics. James Ball writes: &#8220;More than 1,200 spaces were allocated to the International Olympic Committee, the British Olympics Association, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/olympic-torchbearer-investigation-picked-up-by-guardian\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1141,"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/1141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/helpmeinvestigate.com\/olympics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}