by snarly | Jan 20, 2013 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Thanks to transcripts of nights one and two of the Oprance Apology Spectacular provided by the BBC, we now have the tools to analyze fully whether the cyclist has apologized well. Let’s crunch the numbers! Eight uses of the word “sorry,” if...
by sumac | Jan 16, 2013 | Media Apologies
Monday morning the following thrilling headline appeared on Atlantic.com: David Miscavige Leads Scientology to Milestone Year. By Monday night it was gone, and the excitement wasn’t about Miscavige’s feats. The subhead of the story read, Under...
by snarly | Jan 15, 2013 | Media Apologies
Remember when Kveller, the Jewish parenting web site, published a really trans-phobic, nasty story, and then (mirabile dictu) consulted with leaders from the LGBT community and pulled the piece and ran a thoughtful apology? We enjoyed that. Alas, two nastypants...
by snarly | Dec 13, 2012 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Media Apologies
The Poynter Institute, a journalism school in Florida, has published its list of the best and worst media corrections of 2012. There’s an excellent analysis of CNN’s apology and Fox News’s non-apology after both misreported the Supreme Court’s...
by snarly | Dec 10, 2012 | Media Apologies
I was vaguely aware of the Oatmeal as one of those sites people share on Facebook that consists entirely of ruefully amusing charts. Not hilarious charts – just the kind of charts that make you go “Oh ho ho, so very true.” There was one on how to use an apostrophe...
by sumac | Dec 7, 2012 | Media Apologies, True Crime Apologies
Early Tuesday morning (12/4), the hospital where Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, was being treated for difficulties in pregnancy received a call, supposedly from Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles. Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse who was covering the switchboard,...
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