Hey, VOYA, here’s an apology master class!

Hey, VOYA, here’s an apology master class!

by | Oct 18, 2016 | Media Apologies

You recall the recent bananas attack-poodle non-apology strategy employed by the children’s literature journal VOYA, after the publication ran a review that many critics, authors, readers and librarians found offensive? (Catch up here.) Well, today on Twitter,...
OY, VOYA

OY, VOYA

by | Sep 23, 2016 | Media Apologies

Would you like to read a case study in shitty apologies and social media implosion? You are in luck! VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) is a journal of young adult literature. It recently reviewed a novel called Run by Kody Keplinger. The review contained a problematic...
Daily Beast, please take an apology class from Autostraddle

Try again, Daily Beast.

by | Aug 13, 2016 | Media Apologies

Quick summary of the story before we get to analyzing the apology: On Thursday morning, The Daily Beast put up a story in which a straight, married journalist named Nico Hines used mobile dating apps to see if he could hook up with athletes in Rio. (The original URL...
quick look at a superb apology

quick look at a superb apology

by | Aug 5, 2016 | Bropology, Media Apologies

Thanks to our friends on The Well for pointing us to this one: Australian Today Show presenter Karl Stefanovic, engaged in the dippy banter endemic to morning TV hosts, made jokes about “trannies” on the beach in Rio. The next day, he apologized on air,...

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