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The New York Times - Wednesday, December 2, 1992
ARTHUR ASHE, upset earlier this year that he was forced by the news media to disclose he had AIDS, asked a group of sports editors for help in teaching people about the disease.
"We have to be more creative in how we pass along the information, how we get people to listen," Ashe said Monday night at The Associated Press Sport Editors Northeast Region meeting in Mystic, Conn. "We have to educate, even cajole -- coerce, if necessary -- people into listening to the facts."
Ashe disclosed in April that he had AIDS when he learned a newspaper was about to report it. He admits good came from it but said he still believes he should have been allowed to decide when to announce it.
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