Fans criticize Ryan plenty, as for the media they don't dare imo cause Garcia got the mental health story which is either an excuse or real, whatever it is... the point is it's a sensitive matter and while a fan on social media or a forum like this can simply say their opinion on whether they believe him or not, a journalist can't call him a bullshytter and risk that we'll find out the problems were real and let's say he hurts himself or something.
Then "the internet" would come for the heads of these people who came out and said Ryan's bullshytting, they could potentially lose their job over something like this. They don't need that risk
So if Garcia's mental health problems are not real they serve as a bulletproof excuse from media scrutiny nevertheless.