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The Times publishes Usain Bolt's 'a bit shit' interview transcript to combat lies accusation

on Jul 31, 2014 | 0 comments

By John McCarthy

The Times has hit back at Usain Bolt’s accusation that it lied when it reported that he called the Glasgow Commonwealth Games “a bit shit” – by publishing the entire interview transcript.

After the ill-fated interview, dubbed “nonsense” by the Olympic 100m champion, created a PR disaster, Bolt yesterday called the Games “awesome” while attending a Jamaican netball team heat at the SECC arena.

After reading the Times article, Bolt said on Twitter: “I’m waking up to this nonsense..journalist please don’t create lies to make headlines.”

However, Angus Macleod, Scottish editor of the Times, stood by his reporter and the story Read full story ›

Source: The Drum