How the Tokyo Olympics Became One Big Public Relations Quagmire
- Organizers fail on messaging, suffer self-inflicted wounds
- Most Japanese oppose holding Games, seeing little benefit
Photographer: Carl Court/Getty Images
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From the moment it became clear last year that an unprecedented pandemic would threaten the Tokyo Olympics, organizers seemed to bungle their messaging time and time again.