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Avery Gets His Retraction
by Paul on 12/03/07 at 06:15 PM ET
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from the CP,
...Avery denied making the comments and his lawyers served libel notices against the Fan and the Toronto Star over the matter. Berger voiced the 46-second retraction that aired Monday.
“It was my intention only to report accurately on what transpired during the pre-game warmup,” said Berger. “Based on Mr. Avery’s clear statement that he made no such remarks, my information and therefore my reporting does not appear to have been accurate.
“I truly regret reporting that Mr. Avery made any such comments. I apologize to Mr. Avery for having done so. And I hereby retract my comments about what transpired during the pre-game warmup on Nov. 10, 2007.”
update 8:22pm, Avery was just interviewed on MSG, said he is not done with this subject. He doesn’t feel any better than he did before the statement read by Berger today and said the media cannot hide behind a pen and get away with it. He plans to continue his fight on this topic.
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he showed a lot of class when he stood up and retracted his comments.
It took a threat of a lawsuit to get him to retract his comments, that’s hardly a show of class. More like covering his butt.
Posted by K24 from NYC on 12/03/07 at 11:10 PM ET
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After first hearing about the incident involving Avery, I was stunned. I found it very difficult to beleive that a hockey player could sink so low. Now we have Howard Berger retracting the comments. All this type of attention is not good for the game, in fact it takes away from the positve aspects of the game
I bet Howard Berger would love to crawl in a hole, He is a very well respected hockey man in the Toronto market, this will leave a bad taste in the mouth of a lot of hockey fans, however he showed a lot of class when he stood up and retracted his comments.
Posted by redwinger from canada on 12/03/07 at 08:59 PM ET