by sumac | Feb 15, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies, Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
NBC just fired Joshua Cooper Ramo, whom they’d hired to do analysis for the Olympics. These winter Olympics are being held in South Korea. During the opening ceremonies, Ramo commented that from 1910 to 1945, Korea was occupied by Japan, “but every Korean will...
by sumac | Jan 19, 2018 | Religious Apologies
The Washington Post headline: “A pastor admitted a past sexual incident with a teen. His congregation gave him a standing ovation.” Others also focused on the applause. “Pastor admits to ‘sexual incident’ with teen 20 years ago, gets standing ovation” said...
by sumac | Jan 8, 2018 | Celebrity Apologies
Logan Paul has been successful in careers that recently didn’t exist, like “YouTube vlogger,” or that recently didn’t exist and now don’t exist again, like “Vine star.” He’s also tried perennial categories like “actor” and “just started a...
by sumac | Dec 21, 2017 | Celebrity Apologies
Usually, when people apologize twice, they do better the second time. Not always. Celebrity chef and entrepreneur Mario Batali recently stepped down from managing his businesses. He’s also not appearing on the food show The Chew, while ABC ponders whether to...
by sumac | Dec 12, 2017 | Corporate Apologies
When a small business places an advertisement, they usually hope to attract customers. Not hate mail, boycotts, hearings, subpoenas, and people digging into their past. So ads should be carefully worded. And if a business owner is moved to make the copy more…...
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