by snarly | Nov 13, 2012 | Media Apologies
My charming brother Andrew pointed me toward an on-air apology by Ann Northrop, the co-host of Gay USA, a weekly cable and online news program about LGBTQ issues. “Succinct, to the point, no excuses,” Andy said, succinctly. Apology experts succinctly...
by snarly | Nov 9, 2012 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies, Political Apologies, The Mechanics of Apology
Chris Matthews offered some chipper election-night commentary about Superstorm Sandy: “I’m so glad we had that storm last week!” When his seatmate Rachel Maddow responded with a strangled, “ooh,” Matthews clarified: “No —...
by sumac | Oct 19, 2012 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies
Rupert Murdoch was snarling away on Twitter: “Told UK’s Cameron receiving scumbag celebrities pushing for even more privacy laws. Trust the toffs! Transparency under attack. Bad.” Americans don’t talk much about toffs. First definition I found said they...
by sumac | Oct 8, 2012 | Media Apologies, Sports Apologies
On September 20, 2012, sports reporter Dan Tordjman used his Twitter account to say “Can’t confirm this” but he’d heard that Yankees player Robinson Canó had failed a drug test for performance-enhancing drugs (PED), and there would be an announcement...
by snarly | Oct 7, 2012 | Media Apologies, Other Apologies, Personal Apologies
You probably read about that guy who informed La Crosse, WI news anchor Jennifer Livingston she was not “a suitable example for this community’s young people, girls in particular” and that she should “reconsider” allowing her unattractive...
by snarly | Sep 29, 2012 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies
Here’s Fox anchor Shepard Smith apologizing for his network’s airing of a man’s on-camera suicide moments earlier. Our analysis after the video: Let’s see, we have admission of wrongdoing (“we really messed up”), naming of the sin...
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