The coverage of the events by the media came under scrutiny during the relay. Chinese <answer>media coverage</answer> of the torch relay has been distinct in a number of ways from coverage elsewhere. Western reporters in Beijing have described Chinese <answer>media coverage</answer> as partial and censored (for example when Chinese media did not broadcast Reporters Without Borders' disruption of the torch lighting ceremony), whereas Chinese netizens have in turn accused Western <answer>media coverage</answer> of being biased. The French newspaper Libération was criticised by the Chinese State press agency Xinhua for its allegedly biased reporting; Xinhua suggested that Libération needed "a stinging slap in the face" for having "insulted the Olympic flame" and "supported a handful of saboteurs".
What was under scrutiny?
media coverage