I am deeply saddened and somewhat irritated by the news reported by Astro phrasing Lee Chong Wei's outcome of the match as a "failure". The result paragraph started with;
"Lee Chong Wei failed to..."
Come on la. So negative. Why didn't anyone highlight that Lee Chong Wei won the Silver Medal for the match. Granted no one enters a competition to win the Silver Medal whilst ignoring the existence of the Gold that is anyone's to grab. And granted that maybe Lee Chong Wei did not go all out (that we know of) for the match. But dude, this guy got through to the finals. And won a Silver Medal. For Malaysia. They could have at least started the news update with something like;
"Lee Chong Wei has won the Silver medal..."
If negative words are unavoidable, at least don't start with it, man. Exercise your journalistic skills. Take a leaf out of Disneyland's phrasing policies. They never say "The park will be closed at 8:30pm", they say "We are open until 8:30pm".
Yes. Focus on the winning of the Silver. At least it's a podium above Bronze. Kudos to Lee Chong Wei for getting through that far... and bringing home a medal. Now Malaysia's medal tally is no longer non-existent.
Anis
Yes. Focus on the winning of the Silver. At least it's a podium above Bronze. Kudos to Lee Chong Wei for getting through that far... and bringing home a medal. Now Malaysia's medal tally is no longer non-existent.
Anis
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