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NPR's David Greene is probably going to hear from a few listeners about

 his interview with Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders,

Greene's job is to ask tough questions but his interview today -- or at least the way it was edited for broadcast -- was more about what a tough interview it was for him because Hynde was clearly tired of answering the same, old questions about her book, 

in which she claimed responsibility for what would be characterized as a sexual assault.

In the heavily-edited interview, Hynde seemed to sense where Greene wanted to focus the interview, which put him in the position of being a man asking a woman to defend herself.

The initial reviews of the interview are almost universally anti-Hynde.

"Yes, she was prickly," one commenter countered. "But from the start of the interview I was dreading the moment where David Greene would want to talk about the damn rape. And sure enough, he had to go there. At that point my sympathy shifted. I bet she knew it was coming too and tried to divert it by saying she didn't want to repeat what's in the book. Glad she bit his head off. I'd like a chance to do the same."

While it might be perceived as Hynde's job to sell her book, that's not Greene's job. His job is to provide a segment on the radio that reveals the person being interviewed.

If it made people uncomfortable, that's just too bad.

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David Greene's job is to ask tough questions but his interview today -- or at least the way it was edited for broadcast -- was more about what a tough interview it was for him because Hynde was clearly tired of answering the same, old questions about her book,  Reckless: My Life as a Pretender, in which she claimed responsibility for what would be characterized as a sexual assault.

The awkward interview of the day: Chrissie Hynde

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