Best “regret the errors” of 2013

Best “regret the errors” of 2013

by | Dec 18, 2013 | Media Apologies

Poynter.org has a list of the best media corrections of 2013. SO MUCH EXCELLENCE! I believe my favorite is this, from the Tampa Bay Times: This story has been updated to reflect the following change: A Tampa Bay Times reporter not strong in the ways of the force (or...
LaBeouf stuff, sho nuff

LaBeouf stuff, sho nuff

by | Dec 17, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies

Actor Shia LaBeouf (whose name is pronounced “Horrible Person”) has apologized for extensively plagiarizing the work of graphic novelist Dan Clowes. LaBeouf made a short film, Howard Cantour, that utterly copies Clowes’s comic Justin M. Damiano....
I thought I was all that

I thought I was all that

by | Dec 17, 2013 | Political Apologies

When charged with six counts of wire fraud and two counts of obstruction of justice, George Van Til, a long-serving Democratic politician in Indiana, declared his innocence and swore to fight. When he got a chance, he rhapsodized about his career in public service –...
A naif in North Korea

A naif in North Korea

by | Dec 10, 2013 | Political Apologies

Merrill Newman’s back home, so I guess it’s safe now to say that his apology sounded totally phony. Newman’s the 85-year-old Californian, a Korean War veteran, who went on a package tour in North Korea, was grabbed off the plane at the end, and...

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