by sumac | Jan 30, 2014 | Political Apologies
Billionaire businessman Tom Perkins wrote a letter to the Wall Street Journal. He used an attention-grabbing comparison. “…I would call attention to the parallels of fascist Nazi Germany to its war on its ‘one percent,’ namely its Jews, to the...
by sumac | Jan 19, 2014 | True Crime Apologies
Evening in Lihue, on Kaua’i. A truck comes out of nowhere. After the wreck, Tania Perneel was a little confused. She thought the guy helping her was the driver that had hit her car. She noticed a blue truck driving away – even noticed its pink bumper sticker –...
by sumac | Jan 13, 2014 | Media Apologies
During their Golden Globes broadcast, E! Entertainment ran a graphic over their live stream of guests entering the Beverly Hills Hilton. It accurately noted that “MICHAEL J. FOX WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE IN 1991” and inaccurately labeled this in big...
by sumac | Jan 10, 2014 | Political Apologies
NBC News 4 reporter Scott MacFarlane, researching a story about the Washington Navy Yard shootings of September 2013, sent some FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests to the Navy. He asked for memos sent by some officials, and for any emails they sent between 8:00...
by sumac | Jan 7, 2014 | Sports Apologies
A fight among football fans at the Sugar Bowl, posted on Youtube, became a hit. It featured a zestfully furious Alabama fan eluding her husband’s grasp and leaping upon some fans of the team she was not rooting for (Oklahoma). When she was restrained, she kicked...