Reuters: U.S.: No sympathy for Armstrong on social media

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No sympathy for Armstrong on social media Jan 21st 2013, 16:57 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Lifetime ban is "death penalty," says Armstrong Sat, Jan 19 2013 Armstrong admits doping in "toxic" tale Sat, Jan 19 2013 Armstrong hopes lifetime ban will be lifted Fri, Jan 18 2013 Whitney Houston's family outdrew Lance Armstrong on OWN Fri, Jan 18 2013 British newspaper to pursue legal case against Armstrong Fri, Jan 18 2013 Lance Armstrong walks back to his car after running at Mount Royal park with fans in Montreal August 29, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Christinne Muschi LONDON | Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:57am EST LONDON (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong's televised doping confession has done nothing to restore his shattered reputation, a study of responses posted to the Twitter social media site showed. "What was particularly noticeable in our analysis of the Armstrong revelation was the sheer lack of sympathy out there," said Charlie Dundas of sports market research company Repucom. "The tone of the discussion around the Oprah Winfrey interview highlighted the level of disappointment and anger that exists. It's clear the public are far from ready to forgive Lance Armstrong," he added. In the interview, Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs on his way to his seven Tour de France titles. The Texan also said he hoped a lifetime ban would one day be lifted to allow him to compete in events like marathons. The Armstrong interview generated 1.9 million Twitter posts between January 14-20, Repucom said. America accounted for more than a quarter of these, with Australia the second most active nation on the site. (Writing by Keith Weir, editing by Mark Meadows) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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