<story><title>BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/20/bbc-ignores-world-cup-opening-ceremony-in-favour-of-qatar-criticism</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hfbff</author><text>Good. This is by far the world cup I&amp;#x27;ve been less excited about, both because it counts as whitewash for the Qatar government and for how corrupt FIFA is.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jmclnx</author><text>Plus the scam Qatar forced upon inBev, originally beer was suppose to be sold in the stadium, which they paid ~75m for, then in the last minute Qatar said &amp;quot;no beer sales in the stadium&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Now I have no issues with restricting alcohol and even banning it, but with that last minute about face after taking money from that company, I think they are at least do a refund plus interest.</text></comment>
<story><title>BBC ignores World Cup opening ceremony in favour of Qatar criticism</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/20/bbc-ignores-world-cup-opening-ceremony-in-favour-of-qatar-criticism</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>hfbff</author><text>Good. This is by far the world cup I&amp;#x27;ve been less excited about, both because it counts as whitewash for the Qatar government and for how corrupt FIFA is.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Fezzik</author><text>Seconded. I love soccer. I fondly remember waking up at 3:00 a.m. to watch many of the 1998 World Cup games. I think I have watched every single game since then. I know it is a small gesture, but I will not be watching a single match this go-round. The direct support of and kowtowing to such a corrupt government is disgusting.</text></comment>