I said this in the Men's thread but I wonder if Patrick knows that saying too loudly that he thinks he was marked unfairly that it would be like "biting the hand that feeds him". There is only so much he can say before those controlling his destiny think he is ungrateful.
I do not believe Chan actually said anything re: him being marked unfairly. On the contrary, he had in the past said he didn`t think he deserved to win (e.g at SCI a few years ago). Rather, I believe many of the things said here and there are hearsay and simply wrongfully attributed quotes. Even a simple quote from Kim re: WC 2013 was misquoted into a totally overblown article, yet, the truth is what was observed was simply weekday attendance vs. Weekends. Friday, yesterday and today was virtually at 100% capacity.
I wish people sometimes read a little more carefully and between the lines. In this sensationalist era, ethics & journalists do not belong in the same sentence as many of them have and will do anything to create stories that sell, even if it borderlines falsehood. For example, another journalist timed and publish Chan`s comment re: wanting to reduce his family`s burden if he were a Chinese skater. It created a media firestorm that sold very well - at the cost of much emotional distress and loss in confidence. Would an ethical reporter do that? No, but they would have starved.
Be careful out there & watch out.