by sumac | Jun 19, 2013 | Corporate Apologies
Mattel, which owns the Scrabble brand, decided their popular mobile Scrabble-playing app could be even more popular. They got Electronic Arts (EA) to administer and make it so. As Mattel later noted, “We produce the board game but we’re not experts in...
by snarly | Jun 16, 2013 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Youth apologizes
Every year, University School of Nashville, a K-12 private school, holds The Leaky Pen Contest, a competition in funny-essay-writing. We now officially love this school. The contest is sponsored by alum Susan Yeagley ’89 (who has a recurring role on Parks and...
by sumac | Jun 16, 2013 | Sports Apologies
After the Boston Marathon bombing, the motto “Boston Strong” caught on across the country as people used it to express support. Later, some Boston sports fans started applying it to hometown teams. When the Boston Bruins played Toronto’s Maple Leafs in May,...
by sumac | Jun 14, 2013 | Political Apologies, Youth apologizes
When it came out that Arizona Senator Jeff Flake’s kid has been using racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic language online, the Senator apologized. Speaking of 15-year-old Tanner Flake, the Republican Senator told BuzzFeed, “I’m very disappointed in my teenage...
by sumac | Jun 12, 2013 | Media Apologies
A bunch of media sites said radio ranter and Tea Party darling Glenn Beck apologized to us. Did he? The Daily Kos seemed to think it was an apology, but a “questionable” one. Their headline: “Glenn Beck apologizes for offending you with the truth.” The New York Daily...
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