Try again, Daily Beast.

Try again, Daily Beast.

by | Aug 13, 2016 | Media Apologies

Quick summary of the story before we get to analyzing the apology: On Thursday morning, The Daily Beast put up a story in which a straight, married journalist named Nico Hines used mobile dating apps to see if he could hook up with athletes in Rio. (The original URL...
quick look at a superb apology

quick look at a superb apology

by | Aug 5, 2016 | Bropology, Media Apologies

Thanks to our friends on The Well for pointing us to this one: Australian Today Show presenter Karl Stefanovic, engaged in the dippy banter endemic to morning TV hosts, made jokes about “trannies” on the beach in Rio. The next day, he apologized on air,...
DNC CFO XYZ PDQ WTF

DNC CFO XYZ PDQ WTF

by | Jul 25, 2016 | Other Apologies

Has Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz apologized for the emails (released by Wikileaks) that have embarrassed the Clinton campaign and the DNC? I don’t think so, and alas, I have no humungous team of interns to make sure. (Though if I...

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