Adam Schefter defends controversial interview with Greg Hardy, ESPN NFL cabal Adam Schefter has been criticized about — and internally — for administering an absolute account with free-agent canyon rusher Greg Hardy, who is aggravating to bright his name afterwards a calm abandon adventure in 2014.
But Schefter dedicated the account on Wednesday. Speaking on Boston radio base WEEI-FM, Schefter said he wasn't cerebration about giving Hardy a platform, but was aggravating to abode calm violence, something the anchorman alleged a austere affair in society.
“This guy’s never addressed any of these issues that accept appear up," Schefter said about Hardy. "He’s never done it one on one and, yeah, I’m abiding he came in with an agenda, and so did I. That was the way I acquainted like I was traveling about this.
"This was a guy that fabricated a lot of headlines, had been in a lot of controversies, had never sat down and explained his angle one on one. He could accept whatever calendar he wants — doesn’t amount to me. I’m traveling in there to get somebody who in my apperception has been a arguable amount about a actual austere accountable to allocution about it in a way that he’s never anytime addressed it before.”
Schefter did say he regretted vouching for Hardy on the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday if he said Hardy seemed to be a “changed affectionate of guy” during the interview.
“Well, look, we’ve all apparent the persona of Greg Hardy on the sidelines and in games. That’s what I expected," Schefter said. "OK. I should accept been added absolute in how I declared it. That was a aberration on my part. I affliction not authoritative that added clear.
"But I’ve got no abjure about the account or the questions we asked — we went at him. And, again, to me, that was the bearings as it went down. I should’ve been added clear, and I wasn’t.”
Schefter is traveling to accept a harder time arresting this controversy, but it will eventually draft over like the Jason Pierre-Paul-HIPAA adventure from endure year.
But Schefter dedicated the account on Wednesday. Speaking on Boston radio base WEEI-FM, Schefter said he wasn't cerebration about giving Hardy a platform, but was aggravating to abode calm violence, something the anchorman alleged a austere affair in society.
“This guy’s never addressed any of these issues that accept appear up," Schefter said about Hardy. "He’s never done it one on one and, yeah, I’m abiding he came in with an agenda, and so did I. That was the way I acquainted like I was traveling about this.
"This was a guy that fabricated a lot of headlines, had been in a lot of controversies, had never sat down and explained his angle one on one. He could accept whatever calendar he wants — doesn’t amount to me. I’m traveling in there to get somebody who in my apperception has been a arguable amount about a actual austere accountable to allocution about it in a way that he’s never anytime addressed it before.”
Schefter did say he regretted vouching for Hardy on the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday if he said Hardy seemed to be a “changed affectionate of guy” during the interview.
“Well, look, we’ve all apparent the persona of Greg Hardy on the sidelines and in games. That’s what I expected," Schefter said. "OK. I should accept been added absolute in how I declared it. That was a aberration on my part. I affliction not authoritative that added clear.
"But I’ve got no abjure about the account or the questions we asked — we went at him. And, again, to me, that was the bearings as it went down. I should’ve been added clear, and I wasn’t.”
Schefter is traveling to accept a harder time arresting this controversy, but it will eventually draft over like the Jason Pierre-Paul-HIPAA adventure from endure year.
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