A scandal at the Olympics

Seems that the 'darling' of the opening of the Olympics was lip-syncing her song, Ode to the Motherland as the Chinese flag was being paraded into the National Stadium in Beijing: "Games organizers confirm that Lin Miaoke, who performed "Ode to the Motherland" as China's flag was paraded Friday into Beijing's National Stadium, was not singing at all. Lin was lip-syncing to the sound of another girl, seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, who was heard but not seen, apparently because she was deemed not cute enough."

Rico says how 'not cute enough' do you have to be to not get on television? Apparently, this not cute: "The reason was for the national interest," said Chen Qigang, the ceremony's musical director, in a state radio interview. "The child on camera should be flawless in image, internal feeling, and expression. ... Lin Miaoke is excellent in those aspects."