Botchfords story changed during the course of the day yesterday. In some initial radio I heard, I think he realized he may have just blown his credibility so he tried to make it out like Joe was doing a solid when Hertle was being pushed by the media and in turn, he was kinda helping Joe by running with it to take the heat off Hertle (whom he referenced as a zit faced kid).
When that "I was just trying to help Joe help Hertle" slant failed, he turned it into this thing where Joe was an aggressor telling the media to "shut up," lashing out at Lalji and insulting the media about never having played the game before his so called joke.
In the end, if you listen to a bunch of the radio Botchford did yesterday, he can't keep his story that tight and admits in various pieces that he gets paid to write on the edge and his publisher isn't as pc as some of the mainstream media. He knew the other outlets would likely not print it, or that it would take time to get approval to print it, so him and his publisher jumped on it to score a big story. In the end, it looks to have blown up in his face.
He put his entire career credibility (which to be honest isn't really much) on the line for one scoop. Some media put their career on the line for a scoop like the NHL is returning to Winnipeg or the NHL lockout is over. Others put it on the like for a penis joke. I think I know which ones I'd rather commit my reading time to.
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