by sumac | Mar 19, 2025 | Police Apologies, Political Apologies
The NYPD sent news organizations a statement of correction and apology. They don’t seem to have put it on their website. The most complete version we could find appeared in the New York CaribNews. In reference to a fatal shooting at the 2024 West Indian American Day...
by sumac | Sep 12, 2023 | Political Apologies
New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager writes powerful books on subjects like intelligence networks, politics, and environmental issues. Sometimes people – powerful people at powerful institutions – get SO ANGRY about his books they commit illegal acts...
by snarly | Mar 3, 2021 | Political Apologies
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has issued a second statement, after a third woman came forward with accusations of sexual harassment. Please allow us, your friends at SorryWatch, to annotate it for you: “The lawyers say you shouldn’t say anything when you have...
by sumac | Feb 20, 2021 | Political Apologies
SorryWatch loves Texas. Thus it grieves and infuriates us to see so many absolutely foul elected officials failing their Texas constituents in a time of emergency. Tim Boyd was elected mayor of Colorado City, Texas. With a population for just over 4,000, it’s...
by snarly | Dec 7, 2020 | Political Apologies
To my fellow Americans: I owe you an apology. When I sent that sternly worded tweet telling you to stay home because you don’t need to get your roots done, I did not actually send it from my stylist’s chair. That is a scurrilous rumor and I apologize that you...
by sumac | Jan 7, 2020 | Political Apologies
Australia’s burning. It’s been incredibly dry, and now it’s incredibly hot. Huge bushfires are burning up big parts of the country. Thousands of people fled to beaches to get away from flames. The military is responding. The US and Canada are sending...