No love lost for Lance - media reacts

[lostintime]

I have nothing but respect for Armstrong, as I do Everyone.

To punish the punishers for playing out the punishment of the punishers.... it never ends

Never

It feeds the cycle of punishment

 

[WinterRider]

Great stuff on Lance here, skip to 20 minutes into the show to hear it:

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8846373

To quote Steven A. Smith: "I want Lance to suffer." The media has very much turned against him.

Great until he said it is unquestioned that Lance is still the best cyclist ever, the best cheat of the cheaters etc.

They still don't have a clue about cycling or what Lance really was doing relative to his counterparts. Or what livestrong was used for by Lance.

 

[Page Mill Masochist]

Seems one huge error was made by the Liestrong PR team.
Oprah should never have been allowed to give this such long pre-advertisement.
The social media and not un-omerta'd MSM had enough time to destroy the whole point of the controlled come-out, and Lance's image comes out worse rather than better. Yes, maybe legally i's an advantage, but the damage control failed in letting Oprah go viral with this.
Not at all intensionally, and rather passively and avoidingly, Oprah may have triggered a huge MSM reporting upgrade. And yet, she may not look too well either over this. Letting the scum get off easily.
Is Oprah maybe also being demoted in the MSM pick order? Her power dimishing?

Bang on! LA's PR team has been disastrous.

 

[biokemguy]

best one yet

Enjoy a good laugh!
http://www.theonion.com/articles/lance-armstrong-admits-to-using-performanceenhanci,30912/?ref=auto

 

[blackcat]

He's getting his comeuppance for sure.

But sadly, there's still enough of this;



to resurrect Lance.

I've seen this from some sports jurno's and press folks who should know better. As long as this false narrative survives then there will be a place for Lance.

these are the journalists (or their equivalent) who decried Obamacare which was not really public health financing but a bigpharma boondoggle, and anyone asked how much grant(s) Livestrong was beneficiary? Texas public purse? Capitol Hill? Before even mom and pop, before even nike or oakley which just want the marketing halo.

then suddenly, for Armstrongs cancer research public dime becomes well spent dime. hehehehe

research that never went to scientists. but PR flaks and lobbyists on K Street in DC.

hes just burston marstellar in cancer cloak

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Normally I'd say we have too many Armstrong threads as is, and merge this, but it is the topic du jour.

Christine Brennan of USA Today also took a scythe to him, saying the only thing he was sorry about is getting caught,, and his life is over as he knows it.

Popular NYC Sports radio jock Mike Francesca also took some big swings at Lance this week, stating that those "in the know" about cycling knew for some time Armstrong was a big time doper.

I'd also like to encourage Clinic members to write to those journalists who got it right thanking them for stepping up, and correcting those who didn't.

 

[blackcat]

Hey speedway, can you explain how people are meant to accept an apology when even you yourself have to refer to it as an "apparent doping confession". Bonus points if you can get the word hater in once again.

that would be a triple word score from Austin interns getting retrenched


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[AussieEdge]

Since the apparent doping confession didn't bring peace to the heart's of the haters, were will they go when the "damage he inflicted on good honest people" crusade fails to satiate the hate in their heart? I'm sure you can surmise where it will go from there also.

Can't speak for anyone here but I won't be "satisfied" until the truth about LieStrong is revealed to the rest of the word...

 

[D-Queued]

that would be a triple word score from Austin interns getting retrenched


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You could have squeezed hater in there four times... for 4x Dr M's bonus points.

Given that Lance is the real hater, that seems to make sense.

Dave.

 

[blackcat]

gotta

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plural Dave


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[blackcat]

You could have squeezed hater in there four times... for 4x Dr M's bonus points.

Given that Lance is the real hater, that seems to make sense.

Dave.

gotta

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plural Dave



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[MD FACG FACP]

Skippy the guy who called out the clinic for calling out Armstrong, no one cares about your BS opinion please go the way of Flicka, and Floor Polish

"my blog".......lmfao

 

[MD FACG FACP]

Skippy the guy who called out the clinic for calling out Armstrong, no one cares about your BS opinion please go the way of Flicka, and Floor Polish

"my blog".......lmfao

 

[Berzin]

Sally Jenkins was on the Charlie Rose Show tonight (the first half hour was dedicated to Lance Armstrong) and she stated she believed Armstrong would have won seven Tours without the doping.

Which is why he went to such lengths to dope, because the exact opposite is true.

She remains a true disgrace to her profession.

 

[silverrocket]

Sally Jenkins was on the Charlie Rose Show tonight (the first half hour was dedicated to Lance Armstrong) and she stated she believed Armstrong would have won seven Tours without the doping.

Which is why he went to such lengths to dope, because the exact opposite is true.

She remains a true disgrace to her profession.

She's a bigger fool than I thought...and I already thought she was a pretty big fool.

 

[Race Radio]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...column-lance-armstrong-admits-doping/1835953/

Great piece from Christine Brennan

 

[Benotti69]

She's a bigger fool than I thought...and I already thought she was a pretty big fool.

I hope her employers agree.

 

[BroDeal]

Al Trautwig goes after him. How long before Kirstin Gum does the same?

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/newyork/play?id=8847266

 

[Scott SoCal]

She's a bigger fool than I thought...and I already thought she was a pretty big fool.

A fool in love. Gotta protect your man.

 

[rhubroma]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...column-lance-armstrong-admits-doping/1835953/

Great piece from Christine Brennan

Which should also be contemplated in light of this business spectrum, which I have also reiterated, though most aren't interested in talking about that.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jaksche-sponsors-must-also-accept-their-responsibility-for-doping

 

[hfer07]

CBS news network is literally smashing LA at any given time!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139097n

 

[Angliru]

Since the apparent doping confession didn't bring peace to the heart's of the haters, were will they go when the "damage he inflicted on good honest people" crusade fails to satiate the hate in their heart? I'm sure you can surmise where it will go from there also.

The fact that he doped is common knowledge. The fact that his primary motivation behind his "confession" is to increase his chances of competing in ironman triatholons and not any actual remorse on his part for the damage that he caused in all the years of his denials, strongarm/intimadation tactics and lawsuits is a true testament to his lack of character. The only thing he's sorry about is that he has been exposed for what he is.

 

[Benotti69]

The fact that he doped is common knowledge. The fact that his primary motivation behind his "confession" is to increase his chances of competing in ironman triatholons and not any actual remorse on his part for the damage that he caused in all the years of his denials, strongarm/intimadation tactics and lawsuits is a true testament to his lack of character. The only thing he's sorry about is that he has been exposed for what he is.

Which makes me think he has lost the plot, because talking to Oprah aint gonna get his ban lifted, unless he is hoping that public opinion will shift back in his favour then the politicians will all file back in a row for their orders to get Tygart to drop the ban!

 

[Bosco10]

CBS news network is literally smashing LA at any given time!!

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139097n

Good segment, but at the end they displayed a chart showing that Livestrong raised $500 million for cancer research. The silly media is still confused about this, and Lance loves it.

 

[Scott SoCal]

Which makes me think he has lost the plot, because talking to Oprah aint gonna get his ban lifted, unless he is hoping that public opinion will shift back in his favour then the politicians will all file back in a row for their orders to get Tygart to drop the ban!

And that is clearly not happening.

I think this was a gamble in hopes of competing in Tri's as it is becoming clear he is hemorrhaging money. He doesn't have much in the way of income streams nowadays.

But the PR move, at least to this point, has been a disaster.