Radio Silence: The Media’s Response to Steroid Testing

[Millard Baker]

Radio Silence: The Media’s Response to Steroid Testing

It was just as the baseball media feared. Just before Opening Day, rumors started to circulate at the upper levels that the new drug testing policy had netted its first victim. After being grilled by Congress and talk radio – equally valid authorities to most sports fans – they were now proving they were serious. By dropping the hammer of public humiliation and disgrace on some musclebound bodybuilder masquerading as a ball player, not to mention the ten day unpaid suspension, the nation would ring with scorn on the player and new found respect for the grand American game.
Then the name came out.

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