by sumac | Aug 20, 2016 | Other Apologies
Maybe headline writers are starting to catch on to the difference between apologies and hand-waving about “regrets.” With Donald Trump’s help. Just starting to. Trump’s recent remarks about unspecified regrets for unspecified remarks were not headlined an...
by sumac | Aug 11, 2016 | Sports Apologies
SorryWatch loves Ichiro Suzuki and even owns a pair of Ichiro socks (thanks, Vard!), so of course we were amazed someone found a mean thing to say when Ichiro got his 3,000th hit in US Major League Baseball. Someone in the sports business. Todd Grisham, now known to...
by sumac | Jul 29, 2016 | Media Apologies
The Heckler, a sports website with a satirical take, owned by TBS, is branching out to non-sports topics. Recently they thought it would be funny to compare a female political candidate to a despised animal. They should’ve stayed with sports instead of making...
by sumac | Jul 21, 2016 | Political Apologies
In a speech at the Republican National Convention, Melania Trump uttered some nice thoughts, including quite a few that had previously been uttered by Michelle Obama in a 2008 speech. The plagiarism was pointed out. There was commentary. People tweeted derisively. My...
by sumac | Jul 13, 2016 | Political Apologies
A foolish candidate for Prime Minister, Andrea Leadsom thought it would help her campaign to talk to the Times (of London). No well-rehearsed platitudes for Leadsom! When interviewer Rachel Sylvester asked what the differences were between herself and leading...