"I couldn't control my players and I couldn't control the way the media handled it -and that's what I apologize for," he said.
One only has to look at how the media has handled terrorist events in recent times to understand the 'fear' an individual might feel.
Amongst media reactions, there was controversy about how the Russian media handled the reporting in the first hours after the attack.
Last summer the media, were positively drooling over the police and they're handling of the riots.
People were throwing Frisbees and sunbathing, and we were talking about the virus that was ravaging his city - and how the media were handling it.
But now look at how the media handled another study about germs and infectious diseases involving children and day care - this one not so good news.
Indian media expert Dasu Krishnamoorti has criticized the way the media has handled the report.
How did the media handle the death of Natalie Morton?
A media shy minister, the old Gandhi family loyalist handled the most sensitive and controversial cases in the Manmohan Singh cabinet between 2004 and 2009.
Thank God, how the media handled it is much better than after the World Trade Center.