Jeremy Schaap vs Bobby Fischer

[ClassicBob]

This is my main problem with the story. When Fischer was flown to Iceland, and it was announced that there would be a news conference, someone from ESPN had to go cover it, obviously. Now, was it ESPN who chose to send Schaap, or did Schaap beg for the chance to do the story? Fischer had already said things about Dick Schaap that would be considered inflammatory. Anyone should know that sending Jeremy to Iceland to do the story would be a huge conflict of interest. So either Schaap screwed up, or ESPN did. The original press conference then became Schaap vs. Fischer, not about Fischer's return to Iceland, which was the real story. I found that offensive enough. Running a package on the spat a few weeks later just angered me even more. What's the point? How is that news?