Interesting Snippets

Betsy Andreu, the wife of Frankie Andreu, a former teammate of Armstrong’s, said that it was ironic that NYVelocity, built by nonjournalists, did the hard work that much of the professional press did not. “Not every single person in the mainstream media bought the story, many did good work, but many just went along out of fear or self-interest,” she said in a phone interview. “The beauty of NYVelocity is that they knew the sport, knew the reality, and they were not beholden to any advertisers and the powers in the sport. They weren’t afraid to print the truth.