For those of you that were unaware, Chinese media coverage is generally biased, and that is especially true now that the Olympics are on. They weight the coverage towards events that Chinese do well in and the commentary is always completely one-sided. You would never, for example, see Badminton or Women's team Archery on during primetime in the US. Today, though, they reached a new level of absurdity. There are four channels in China that are airing the Olympics. This morning, at one moment, they were showing a THIRD replay of the Women's 10m Air Pistol event, which was won by a Chinese woman, on one channel, a replay of the medal ceremony on a second channel, and an interview with the gold medalist on a third channel. A full 75% of the Olympic coverage at that point in time was dedicated to an event that I had never even heard of until today.
We'll be bringing you more on the Olympics in the coming weeks; it's all pretty ridiculous on this end.
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