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HARDtalk

David Walsh

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC News North America

HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Irish sports journalist David Walsh, who was convinced that cycling's untouchable champion Lance Armstrong was a drugs cheat long before the sport revealed the scale of his deceit. Armstrong is history of course, but doping continues to devalue elite sport; maybe it's a problem no amount of truth telling journalism can fix. It's the job of the journalist to speak truth to power, but can defying conventional wisdom and the powers that be often mean the profession can be a lonely place for many? Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest:
David Walsh

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