by sumac | May 2, 2019 | Academic apologies, Institutional Apologies
Kurt Eichenwald was a college freshman. Liked Swarthmore, great roommates, fun. Mostly. Some weird worrisome health things – so he asked his parents if he could get checked out when he came home for Thanksgiving. His father, a famed pediatrician, directed the...
by sumac | Feb 8, 2019 | Celebrity Apologies
Millionaire beer heiress Cindy McCain, second wife and widow of the late Senator John McCain, was passing through the Phoenix airport when she was bothered by the sight of a woman with a small child “of a different ethnicity.” Yeah, so? McCain herself has been in an...
by sumac | Nov 9, 2018 | Media Apologies
Freelance writer Selene Nelson wrote to William Sitwell, the editor of Waitrose Food magazine, suggesting a series on vegan cooking. Her query followed a standard format, with extra exclamation points to make her stand out: Hi William, …I’m a freelance...
by snarly | Oct 7, 2017 | Bropology, Media Apologies
As you know, on October 5, the New York Times broke the news (or rather, reported extensively on an open secret and got on-the-record confirmation from famous actresses) about years of sexual harassment claims about producer Harvey Weinstein. One of Weinstein’s...
by sumac | Jul 10, 2017 | Corporate Apologies
Dave McClure’s apology has the catchy headline “I’m a Creep. I’m Sorry.” Sounds promising! Then 900 words calling himself creep, asshole, selfish, inexcusable, clueless, inappropriate, defensive, crappy, shallow, shitty, and one who has lost the...
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