by sumac | Jul 16, 2013 | Sports Apologies
Bad apologies came sailing out of this year’s Wimbledon. So many bad apologies, that even leaving out Serena Williams’s apology for her remarks about the Steubenville rape case (because no tennis was involved), we didn’t know how we’d get up to...
by sumac | Jul 15, 2013 | Political Apologies
In March, the Director of the Office of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, testified at a hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. He was asked a direct question, and he answered incorrectly. Very incorrectly. Asked by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR)...
by sumac | Jul 13, 2013 | Media Apologies
KTVU Channel 2, a San Francisco Bay area news channel, has been extensively covering the crash of an Asiana Airlines plane landing at SFO. And bragging about their coverage. On their noon newcast July 12, co-anchor Tori Campbell read out four names said to be those of...
by sumac | Jul 9, 2013 | Media Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Because I had important tasks waiting, I was searching the web randomly like a dog with its nose to the ground. I came across a story about Air New Zealand doing a safety video with hobbits. Whatever. The story was in the Herald-Standard, based in Uniontown,...
by sumac | Jul 5, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies
Jennifer Lopez is a hard-working entertainer, doing shows all over the world. On June 29th, she did one at the behest of the China National Petroleum Corporation, who must be huge fans. They paid her seven figures to perform in Avaza, a resort in southern...