Luxilon Borg said:
Moxie629 said:
She was obviously making a joke. It was a speech to a bunch of students. Anyway, to a tennis player the silver medal is like getting that little cookie tray. Why should he have been happy?
...cause he won the Gold in singles, is rich beyond belief, and is a superstar?
A recent FB debate had one of my friends complaining that Silver and Bronze medalists looked too happy in Sochi. And most of them only get the world's stage every 4 years! TBH, I was on the side that they had a right to be thrilled, but Murray and Robson were close, and he might have felt he let her down, as well as missing a gold for Britain. Just saying that there's an argument for why should he be happy with 2nd? We want to see competitiveness...well, there it is.
Iona16 said:
Ms Logan has been back-peddling quite a bit.
"I'm a huge fan of AM. If you're interested in the context of the quotes doing the rounds then have a look at this."
http://www.gabbylogan.com/videos/2014/03/05/leeds-trinity-keynote-speech-journalism-week/6167
"The speech was to journalism students. It was about context and how the success of an interview depends on the timing."
"I wanted him to cheer up for the intervew, selfish of me. He owes me nothing. I love his determination."
"It's with great regret that my quotes were used out of context."
"I have nothing but the utmost respect for AM. I am and always will be a huge fan."
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I found the interview that she did with Andy during the Olympics. He did seem disappointed but he was still very polite and chatty. I think we'd all agree that interviewing any athlete after a disappointment is never great TV. He was a tiebreak away from winning another gold medal. Of course he was disappointed.
Talk about newspapers making something out of nothing.
Agreed…I think the headline of the article that BB posted in the OP was overly-sensational. No fault to britbox, as it was picked out by a few news sources as the headline, when the intention seemed clearly to rib. The fault lies in the newspapers that pulled it out of context and intent.
