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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19
It's pretty obvious to me, at least, that this makes the situations completely different. The issue that's being discussed is whether it's okay to report a comment by a player who's not currently being interviewed, if that player speaks up to the media member in response to a question to the player who IS being interviewed. Joe wasn't being interviewed, and took it upon himself to engage the reporter, directly, in a discussion. Keith was being interviewed when he made that comment. Two entirely different situations.
I'm not saying Botchford was right to report what he did from a journalistic standpoint, by the way, though I am glad he did because it's a good quote and I like Joe Thornton more now having heard it. I just think that in discussing it people shouldn't spew BS about who said what when the facts aren't really contested.
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the real irony and just dessert of a pound of sand that is being served to Botchford amongst his peers is that Botchford tried to make Joe look bad with what Thornton said and the reality is Botchford is the one that has made himself look bad for breaking that player/reporter locker room trust in which all aprox 20 other reporters kept the integrity but Botchford decided to run with it.
Now Botchford is dealing with his own fallout. lmao @ u Botchford and u still never played the game, Poor muffin.