Deadman Running wrote:
6. LRC says it is giving latitude on discussions of allegations of doping of athletes for the good of cleaning up the sport, and that its ok in order to illicit a response from the athlete. (note: this is the exact definition of trolling - except hiding behind "journalism" - making inflammatory statements to get a response).
I never said such a thing. I did not say it's ok in order to illicit a response. I said if the rumor is out there the best way to deal with it is to issue a response. See the difference. When this thread was deleted people started the thread asking why it was deleted, ie is there a coverup.
And one caveat. You act like we can divinely know beforehand if a rumor is false or not. We can't. We can only determine if we can verify it or not.
The word "false" ultimately was removed from the piece in the editing process. Centro and Ricky are saying they are false. I'm assuming that is the case.