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brush

(61,033 posts)
Wed May 27, 2020, 02:29 AM May 2020

Why is ESPN promoting a "30 for 30" documentary on cheater Lance Armstrong?

We're not that desperate for sports programming. Armstrong doesn't deserve sympathy for his lying and cheating.

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Why is ESPN promoting a "30 for 30" documentary on cheater Lance Armstrong? (Original Post) brush May 2020 OP
Have you watched it? ms liberty May 2020 #1
I've watched many of them. Guess we'll see. brush May 2020 #2
No, and won't, not a fan of Lance and his BS. a kennedy May 2020 #3
The Snips I've Seen Seem Damning ProfessorGAC May 2020 #4

ms liberty

(11,073 posts)
1. Have you watched it?
Wed May 27, 2020, 05:43 AM
May 2020

Their 30 for 30 series is not all fluff pieces. It is likely to be pretty even handed. Sports reporters do a pretty good job on factual reporting.

ProfessorGAC

(76,132 posts)
4. The Snips I've Seen Seem Damning
Fri May 29, 2020, 05:52 PM
May 2020

Just snippets, but I'm not sure he comes off as a sympathetic character.
He shouldn't and I hope when the full thing airs, we won't be.
But, it doesn't look like a fluff piece in his favor.
My biggest concern is how they cover how dirty the entire sport was then.
That could end up providing the "everybody was doing it" out!

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