"Tom Paterson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Quoted message said:From: "B. Lafferty"
Quoted message said:Walsh is selling a book of investigative journalism which you can read
and
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:reach your own conclusions about. Bernies is (a) not a journalist, (b)
has
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:an obligation to his emplyer to present the employer's line --the Lance
Myth
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:and (c) didn't answer the question. You might want to take a look at
Eric
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Boyers comments in L'Equipe.
http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/boyer_2306.html
Hey hey hey, whaddya know-- I thought your wife wouldn't let you reply to
me.
Quoted message said:Well, tickle tickle we found a spot.
The other reason Walsh didn't put this "investigative journalism" into his
newspaper is that he expects a much wider reading audience for a
sensational
Quoted message said:(in one sense) book. That translates to some amount of money added to his
take-home for the year. Maybe a nice chunk.
In Walsh's words:
We're not in this to make a bunch of money and we're not going to make a
bunch of money. This is the time of the year when people are most interested
in cycling. We're not just going to release the book at a time when it is
convenient to someone else. We wanted to put it out there when it would get
the most attention.
Quoted message said:
Walsh has been gunning for LA and the Tour since they didn't roll over and
say
Quoted message said:"doper" when he commanded. Between him and Pound, the casualty count will
rise.
Quoted message said:Hell, maybe they'll even scuttle the Tour. What a monument to their
memories.
In Walsh's words:
I did a story on Lance Armstrong in 2001 and I felt that it raised a lot of
questions. It was not definitive, but it revealed his relationship with
Doctor (Michele) Ferrari. It left me with a lingering feeling of unfinished
business, and it was something that I always wanted to get to the heart of.
Both Pierre and I felt that the Lance Armstrong phenomenon was something
that had to be examined.
Quoted message said:
Sports will never be "clean", no matter how many athlete bodies lie
rotting in
Quoted message said:the ditch.
Yawn....so?
Quoted message said:
Boyer said "I don't know at this moment" and "It's necessary to be
prudent".
Quoted message said:Sorry, I'm busy, I did read down to where he said Greg didn't deny the
coversation. Ah, Greg isn't supposed to talk about this per condition of
his
Quoted message said:contract.
Boyer also said: L'enquête me semble très fouillée et très sérieuse.
Maintenant ce ne sont que des témoignages. Si les deux auteurs veulent
vraiment aller jusqu'au bout, ils doivent passer à la vitesse supérieure et
fournir des preuves. Néanmoins, il y a quand même des témoignages qui me
paraissent crédibles
Quoted message said:
Can we perhaps not understand the motivation of a jealous wife to paint a
dark
Quoted message said:picture of a usurper-- just to point out a possible reason to doubt a
reported
Quoted message said:(not recorded) conversation. Cool that she had pen and paper ready to hand
to
Quoted message said:transcribe. I wonder if she is habitually so equipped. Fast writer, too,
if she
Quoted message said:did it in longhand.
You can paint any picture you like. Does it represent reality or is it
surreal. Most business people I know have pen and paper handy in cars and
elsewhere. Give Greg a call and ask Kathy to transcribe. See how accurate
it is. She is also reported to have gone over the conversation notes with
Greg immediately after the conversation while it was fresh in his mind.
That tends toward accuracy.
Quoted message said:
Sorry, it's gotta be like the Millar "bust" is alleged to have happened.
Physical evidence found, and/or a positive (A and B sample) test, and a
confession given with a lawyer present. "I got Lance some pills" is
[censored].
Quoted message said:--TP
It will be interesting to see what else comes out. Once these things start,
others with access start to speak as well. The only thing that isn't
totally damning about O'Reilley's story is that she didn't ascertain the the
drug she transported from Spain. To me, the most damning part of her story
is her revelation of an admission against interest by Armstrong. Saying he
would do what the all do to bring his hematocrit up and that she now had
enough information to bring him down.
I hope Armstrong's legal action goes to trial. The testimony by Armstrong,
O'Reilly and the Lemonds will be most interesting.
