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The story of the U.S. men\u2019s volleyball coach whose in-laws were stabbed the day following the opening ceremonies made up 3% of the Olympics newshole in the first week. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And even as sports coverage began, the ample coverage of the opening ceremonies from the previous week (18%) spilled over into the first week after it was revealed the Chinese girl who sang the Chinese \u201cOde to the Motherland\u201d had actually lip-synched the song because she was deemed \u201cnot cute enough\u201d to participate in the ceremonies herself. As a result, the opening ceremonies still received 5% of the Olympics coverage during the first week of the athletic competition. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>Stories that Haven&#8217;t Been Covered<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The story of the dubbed singing voice was often portrayed as an illustration of official Chinese manipulation and control, a kind of proxy for stories about government authority that were apparently otherwise difficult for the media to do. On the August 12 edition of Fox News\u2019 Fox Report with Shepard Smith, Trace Gallagher reported on the \u201ctrickery\u201d employed by the Chinese during the opening ceremonies which included not only the lip-synching child, but also the faking of the firework footprints and Chinese officials\u2019 employment of citizens as seat fillers. Of the little girl, Gallagher stated, \u201cThe Chinese decided she had a great voice, but not a great face.\u201d Shepard Smith followed Gallagher\u2019s comments with, \u201cI can\u2019t believe the Chinese called her, like, openly buck-toothed. This is a little girl we\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In subtler fashion, the front page of the New York Times suggested similar themes. \u201cUnder pressure from the highest levels of the ruling Communist Party to find the perfect face and voice, the ceremonies&#8217; production team concluded that the best solution was to use two girls instead of one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some storylines that have been significant in other recent Olympics have not received much coverage during these games. Stories about steroids, for instance, received less than 1% of the news coverage about the games studied during these two weeks studied. The business, sponsorship, and advertising elements of the games have also received less than 1% of the coverage. And protests about the games and questions of China\u2019s human rights record have received slightly more than 1% of the news coverage focused on the Olympic Games. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Negative Storylines Not all of the coverage of the Olympics was positive once the Games began. The story of the U.S. men\u2019s volleyball coach whose in-laws were stabbed the day following the opening ceremonies made up 3% of the Olympics newshole in the first week. 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