hyperbole and journalism
“The quartet smashed the previous world mark of 37.40…by a huge margin to set a new benchmark of 37.10.” BBC
“smash Michael Johnson’s mark of 19.32….” (with 19.30) BBC
Dear BBC, please educate your journalists - 0.8% faster and 0.1% faster are not worthy of those statements. By comparison the 100m report was accurate - he really did “destroy his rivals” (figuratively speaking) - the picture speaks for itself, particularly when you consider he pretty much stopped running before he got the line!
Posted: August 22nd, 2008 under Life Rants.
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