Well apart from the bare minimum required to convey the fact that other countries' teams were DQed, how much of the coverage actually even mentioned anyone but China? How many of the follow up opinion pieces mentioned the other teams more than once? How many of the articles even bothered to elaborate on the possible consequences of not just the 'Chinese top seeds', but the Olympic top seeds being QDed on the likely outcome on the medals podium?
This is so clearly a case of the media desperate for something negative to report on on China instead of a case of people actually giving a crap about badminton as you are suggesting.
Tge media was on a witch hunt from the get go, that is the only reason the baseless accusations about Ye doping managed to get so much traction despite their not being a single shred of proof throughout. Had Leonard or some other fool made such a claim about an athlete from any other country besides China, he would have been shouted down and told to keep his baseless accusations to himself unless there is proof. If there would have been stories written about the accusations, the main thrust would be how utterly baseless and ridiculous it is to make such claims without any proof.
You should know that the western media has gone too far when one of its own members comes out and says things are beyond ridiculous.
