by snarly | Jan 9, 2014 | Political Apologies
We are sad too. Sad, sad, sad. Many sad, much sigh, wow. We don’t yet know what Chris Christie knew about the George Washington Bridge scandal and when he knew it. We are not politicos; we’re apologios. Anyway, at his 90-minute press conference today,...
by snarly | Dec 30, 2013 | Artistic apologies, Musical Apologies
Singer Ani DiFranco (or her people) scheduled a four-day “creativity workshop” at a former slave plantation in Louisiana. Many humans found this problematic. DiFranco ultimately cancelled the retreat…but her statement about why is abysmal. We really...
by snarly | Dec 28, 2013 | Personal Apologies, Scientific apologies
We here at SorryWatch want to exalt the good, not just excoriate the bad. Here’s an apology that’s very, very good. N. Wayne Hale was the launch integration manager at NASA in 2003, when the space shuttle Columbia exploded. After the disaster, he emailed...
by snarly | Dec 26, 2013 | Historical Apologies, Personal Apologies
On Monday, Queen Elizabeth issued a royal pardon to Alan Turing, aka the father of modern computing. Turing was a mathematician whose work as a codebreaker during World War II saved the lives of countless British citizens. But he was also a gay man in an inhospitable...
by snarly | 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...
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