PR Fail: Oprah Interview Hurt Lance Armstrong

We know, we know: you’re sick of hearing about Lance Armstrong. Trust us, we are too. Still, we thought we’d take a minute to report the results of the latest polls, because they reveal a couple of interesting things that happen to give us a bit of pleasure via schadenfreude:

First, people were actually growing more sympathetic toward Lance before Oprah indulged him:

  • Last October, 49% of Americans thought he should have to forfeit all his Tour de France medals.
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