[Her] parents have worked in Beijing for many years. She is eager to live with her parents. But they lead a laborious life and they have to take care of her younger brother at the same time. Her parents had to leave her with her grandmother. Her father took her to Beijing once, but she could not be enrolled by Beijing schools because the tuition fee was as high as several thousands Yuan, which is an astronomical figure to their family. She had to be sent back… (China Agricultural University, 2005, p.23)

How did American newspapers portray the Beijing Olympics before and after the IOC’s decision? More specifically, did they cover the Olympics in a positive, negative, mixed, or neutral light, and why?