by snarly | Aug 11, 2014 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
This morning, the web site Jezebel put up a post calling out its upper management. The post was headlined We Have a Rape Gif Problem and Gawker Media Won’t Do Anything About It. Basically, misogynist trolls have been posting multiple images of gruesome rapes and...
by sumac | Aug 6, 2014 | Media Apologies, Political Apologies
Let’s start with the apology: I wish to express deep regret and beg forgiveness for an article I authored which was posted on 5TJT.com, Times of Israel and was tweeted and shared the world over.I never intended to call to harm any people although my words may...
by snarly | Jul 5, 2014 | Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
Why should Facebook be sorry for conducting a huge study that tried to manipulate users’ emotions by jiggering which posts users saw, all without telling them? To be sorry, you need incentive. You need to want to be better, do better, make your victim feel...
by snarly | Jun 26, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies, Religious Apologies
Like the Anti-Defamation League, we agree that Gary Oldman’s apology for his anti-Semitic remarks in Playboy was insufficient. The remarks in question: I don’t know about Mel [Gibson]. He got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re...
by snarly | Jun 5, 2014 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
Dov Seidman haz a sad. Surely you remember Dov. When the NYT announced it was launching a blog called Apology Watch, to be spearheaded by biz macher Aaron Andrew Sorkin, Mr. Seidman (an ethical image consultant to businesses) was the expert contributor. We promptly...
by sumac | May 8, 2014 | Media Apologies
J.K. Rowling, beloved creator of Hedwig the owl, was a single parent after her marriage broke up. Surviving on state benefits, and with no childcare, she also worked a few hours at a church where they let her bring her child and kindly employed her for just enough...
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