by snarly | May 1, 2017 | Political Apologies
Go, Greybull Standard! The small-town paper’s lead paragraph (or “lede,” as we journos ostentatiously and wrongheadedly spell it) recently came out swinging in a story about some eyebrow-raising words from a state senator: Last Thursday, April 20,...
by snarly | Aug 17, 2016 | Media Apologies
Hello, Daily Beast! We of the Internetz have short memories. Yet we of SorryWatch would like everyone to NEVER FORGET how terrible your recent apology for your life-threatening homophobic clickbait-y idiocy was. Now we will point you to another web site that issued an...
by snarly | Aug 14, 2016 | Youth apologizes
I have no context for this note, but does it really need context? Why Riley’s Apology Note Is Better Than The Daily Beast’s Apology Note: Simplicity. There’s no talk about Riley’s noble tradition of standing up to bullies, being a...
by snarly | 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...
by snarly | Mar 21, 2013 | Celebrity Apologies
We here at SorryWatch HQ are baffled by Michelle Shocked’s outburst and apology. Susan and I don’t often disagree (this time we did) and we don’t often change our minds about whether an apology is good (this time we did). If you inexplicably do not have Facebook or...