2012 Olympics: "9.75 out of 10"

9.75 out of 10 - that's the mark independent International Olympic Committee inspectors have just given London's progress on the 2012 Games.

You may find London being awarded this gold medal praise - the best Olympic prepartions ever, apparently - a remarkable fact given the unremittingly negative, misleading, undermining and, frankly, unpatriotic coverage of the London Games by the mass media - and today our press and broadcasters have a lot to explain given the disjuncture between their reporting and the reality as found by the independent IOC inspectors.

To those media outlets who will only report the London Olympics if they've found some negative innuendo, briefing or rumour about them I say this: either shut up or start reporting our Olympics preparations accurately, honestly, and with a little pride in the fantastic celebration of sport our capital city will deliver on time and on budget in 2012.