welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. it s the job of the journalist to speak truth to power, but it can be a lonely place, defying conventional wisdom and the powers that be. my guest today has known that loneliness. irish journalist david walsh 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 now history, of course, but doping continues to devalue elite sport. david walsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i want you to, if you would, cast your mind back to starting as a young journalist in ireland, working on sports. you memorably described yourself then as a fan with a typewriter . do you still regard yourself as a fan? in certain respects, yes, but in a general sense, no. i think a journalist has to leave that behind. i mean it i think the predominant reason why people want to be sports writers is because they love sport. in my case, i mean, i knew from a very e
be a lonely place, defying conventional wisdom and the powers that be. my guest today has known that loneliness. irish journalist david walsh 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 now history of course but doping continues to devalue elite sport. maybe it s a problem that no amount of truth telling journalism can fix. david walsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i wonder if you could cast your mind back to starting as a young journalist in ireland, working on sports. you memorably described yourself then as a fan with a typewriter. do you still regard yourself as a fan? in certain respects, yes, but in a general sense, no. i think a journalist has to leave that behind. i think the predominant reason why people want to be sports writers is because they love sport. in my case, i knew from a very early stage i wanted to be a sports writer and it s because i liked wr
defying conventional wisdom and the powers that be. my guest today has known that loneliness. irish journalist david walsh 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 now history of course but doping continues to devalue elite sport. maybe it s a problem that no amount of truth telling journalism can fix. david walsh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i wonder if you could cast your mind back to starting as a young journalist in ireland, working on sports. you memorably described yourself then as a fan with a typewriter. do you still regard yourself as a fan? in certain respects, yes, but in a general sense, no. i think a journalist has to leave that behind. i think the predominant reason why people want to be sports writers is because they love sport. in my case, i knew from a very early stage i wanted to be a sports writer and it s because i liked writing essays when i
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