Indian media is no exception in the way it sensationalises occurrences of drug-taking among sportspersons and this is a global phenomena, says former Olympian Linford Christie.
It is unfortunate that while highlighting such cases, the media tends to ignore all the good things happening including the achievements by other sportspersons, Christie said at a media interaction here.
He said it was obvious that bad things sell better on the media than the good things.
In this context, he did not find it surprising that the media – particularly the television media - had p... More >
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