by snarly | Jan 2, 2019 | Media Apologies
Oh, Will Shortz, no. SorryWatch loves the New York Times Crossword. SorryWatch does not love the apology for the use of an ethnic slur in a recent puzzle. Here’s editor Shortz’s apology: I’m very sorry for the distraction about BEANER (2D) in today’s fine...
by snarly | Sep 15, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies, Personal Apologies
The apology letter to Terry Crews (delightful, funny Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor) from Adam Venit (handsy, gross, disgraced movie agent who groped Crews’s genitals at a party) is really bad. Spectacularly bad. Bad enough to warrant its very own Bad Apology Bingo...
by snarly | Sep 14, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies, Fashion Apologies
The story, as originally broken by Fashionista: A clothing company, in an anti-cyberbullying initiative (apparently it is a REVELATION that cyberbullying is wrong!), partnered with celebrities and “influencers” (again, please, no) to put cruel online...
by snarly | Aug 27, 2018 | Academic apologies, Personal Apologies, Scientific apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
One half of Team SorryWatch is now off in the desert, perhaps with no pants on, perhaps not. (This was a reference to one of our most popular posts, in which Sumac reported about a camp at Burning Man that specialized in helping people apologize. It’s a great...
by snarly | Aug 14, 2018 | Academic apologies, Media Apologies, Youth apologizes
It’s a good apology! Hallelujah! The current (Aug/Sept) print issue of BUST features an article called “Shoplifters of the World.” It turns out to have been lifted (see what I did there) from a 2016 article in Good. (FULL DISCLOSURE! Snarly has...
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