I think this is the real complaint. Women's gymnastics hasn't been any less well covered than things like weightlifting, it's just been crappy coverage from to

I think this is the real complaint. Women's gymnastics hasn't been any less well covered than things like weightlifting, it's just been crappy coverage from top to bottom. Presumably The New Yorker recognized that "women's gymnastics is getting shortchanged" is a better human-interest story than "the US Olympic coverage is terrible", but the second option has more substance.