by sumac | Jan 15, 2024 | Corporate Apologies
“Regrettably, in trying to thwart a well-documented Armenian fraud ring operating in certain parts of California, a few employees took impermissible actions. While we prioritize protecting our bank and our customers from fraud, it is unacceptable to base credit...
by sumac | Jun 22, 2015 | Media Apologies
As June 12 was turning into June 13, an angry guy drove to Dallas Police headquarters in a newly purchased (Ebay) armored van, put down a few pipe bombs, and opened fire at the front of the building. When pursued, he rammed a cop car, fled in his van, was...
by sumac | Jun 1, 2015 | Personal Apologies, Political Apologies
A public high school in Cranston, Rhode Island, had a big banner hanging in the auditorium, with an official school prayer on it. The school’s first class (1959) had been told to create it. The prayer would have been uncontroversial and unexciting (“Help us to...
by snarly | Dec 13, 2012 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Media Apologies
The Poynter Institute, a journalism school in Florida, has published its list of the best and worst media corrections of 2012. There’s an excellent analysis of CNN’s apology and Fox News’s non-apology after both misreported the Supreme Court’s...