Why hasn't the Lance Armstrong doping story made bigger headlines?

[rictus58]

Or you could ignore the sarcastic post, and read the other ones about how the article does not prove anything. It just raises new speculations.

Yes, the initial part of my post was sarcastic. Based on Siths history thats what he was getting at. I just sped the process along. He ignored everyone elses point that the tests are unsunstantiated, and again asks the question why it isn't a big deal. The media didn't "jump all over" it because it has about as much credibility as the "news" that Christopher Walken is running for President.

[CrazyZeb]

I'll cut to the chase

Based upon his previous posts, I believe Sith Lord is looking for the following response......

"Sith, the Lance Armstrong story isn't as big as Balco because Lance Armstrong is a hero to caucasians. Balco was a much bigger deal because Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Rafael Palmeiro are men of color. America much prefers to see men of color in trouble than WASPS."

Is that what you were looking for?
Time for the truth....

Because they have tested Lance Armstrong out the ***** since his first win in France. Becuase the french don't believe a man with 1 testicle can ride a bike better than a hundered frenchmen with no testicles. Each test Lance takes comes up clean. 7 years later they "re-test" and find something suspicious? give me a break.

Thank you, I was tired of seeing him dance around it. That's more annoying than the race-baiting itself.

[ntotoro]

The media didn't "jump all over" it because it has about as much credibility as the "news" that Christopher Walken is running for President.

Nice...

[Spaceman Spiff]

Because everyone wants to turn a blind eye to something they don't want to admit might have happened.

[ntotoro]

Thank you, I was tired of seeing him dance around it. That's more annoying than the race-baiting itself.

Everyone was, Zeb, but it would have been fun to see it out and see how long it took before he finally let the proverbial cat out of the bag. Nothing new with SL. I guess completely ignoring every point brought up in the thread is close enough, though.

[rictus58]

Everyone was, Zeb, but it would have been fun to see it out and see how long it took before he finally let the proverbial cat out of the bag. Nothing new with SL. I guess completely ignoring every point brought up in the thread is close enough, though.

I'm sorry I ruined the fun

Now I feel like a jerk.
Next time I'll play more Cat & Mouse games

[Buford]

Yes, the initial part of my post was sarcastic. Based on Siths history thats what he was getting at. I just sped the process along. He ignored everyone elses point that the tests are unsunstantiated, and again asks the question why it isn't a big deal. The media didn't "jump all over" it because it has about as much credibility as the "news" that Christopher Walken is running for President.

somebody buy this man a drink!

[luckydevil]

When the Balco story broke, it had 24/7 coverage. The Armstrong doping story has 5/3 coverage.

Baseball is a much bigger sport than cycling

[Thiebear]

Quote: Spaceman Spiff
Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
Because everyone wants to turn a blind eye to something they don't want to admit might have happened.


You might want to test someone that quotes themselves from the previous page and don't add anthing...

[ntotoro]

I'm sorry I ruined the fun

Now I feel like a jerk.
Next time I'll play more Cat & Mouse games

Sorry, I didn't mean it like that...

I guess it did serve a purpose, though. It got him to stop asking the same question and repeating the same mantra over and over, even after continuous posts countered him. Everyone knew his true intentions from the start of the thread. It just became a guessing game to see how long it would take for it to actually come out...

[big z]

I'm just Curious why havn't there been a media blitz covering this story? Here you have one of the biggest sports icons being charged with doping as far back as 1999 and is it me, but there hasn't been that much media coverage. Even though Armstrong has been accused of doping before, this is believed to be the first credible evidence that supports it.

if there was solid EVIDENCE and not just speculation by the HATERS.

it would be a bigger story, believe that.

I choose to embrace him as a HERO, while accepting the fact that their

may have been the possibility of negative choices in his Tour Career.

Why does everyone want to bring people down so much, cannot we

celebrate what he is RIGHT NOW.

IF we were to find he doped, then yeah, my heart will hurt for the man

as his image will be tarnished, but this is a MAN that kicked cancer's butt,

and haven't we ALL messed up in our lives at one time or another?

Granted, if true, it would be a collossal black mark on his legacy, but I figure,

those that were hating him, will continue to, and those that love him, will forgive.

I'd like to meet him one day and shake his hand.

[ntotoro]

You might want to test someone that quotes themselves from the previous page and don't add anthing...

Testing him for evidence of his namesake, you mean?

[sith lord]

i can't believe first off people are putting Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong in the same sentence. Lance is a hero for all,especially the ones who fight cancer, and yes Sith a lot of african americans die from cancer as well as whites. Barry isn't even in the same league as Lance for what he has done for everyone.

Barry even said he took steroids. So tell me Sith when one of the best baseball players off all time admits to steroids how can you compare that to a french experiment that even the commish of the Tour De France said can not be verified if it is true or not, which is why this is sad for Lance because he can't even defend himself.

Can we leave Barry Bonds and the fact that Lance armstrong beat cancer out of this. That's not what we're talking about. I just don't think it's right for the media to make a big deal out of non stories and treat this one like it almost don't exist.

[sith lord]

Baseball is a much bigger sport than cycling

You're right, but Lance Armstrong's name is on a par with Jordan and Tiger.

[ntotoro]

Can we leave Barry Bonds and the fact that Lance armstrong beat cancer out of this. That's not what we're talking about. I just don't think it's right for the media to make a big deal out of non stories and treat this one like it almost don't exist.

The BALCO investigation was a non-story?

A shady source using even shadier test criteria yet again accuses Lance Armstrong for the of doping umpteenth million time and you think it isn't anywhere? It's in all the papers. It's on ESPN. It's on CNN. It's on all the news websites.

You're making this too easy.