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An Olympic Tragedy 

By Marian Salzman, Feb. 14, 2010 

The heartbreaking death of a Georgian luger in the lead-up to the Vancouver Winter Olympics points not just to flaws in the organizing of the games but also to the revamped nature of media and society in general. It was just moments after the death of the athlete, Marian Salzman writes, that the world knew what happened, and only hours later when Olympic planners were trying to push past the tragedy. “In 2010,” Salzman says, “news unfolds in real time. We know what’s happening as it happens. Organizations can’t hope no one learns what’s going on, nor can they spin their way out of anything.”