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Monday, June 26, 2006
Subject: Yeah, But Are You REALLY Sorry??
Time: 11:42:00 PM EDT
Author: friedman3109
Fromthe book, MY BAD, by Paul Slansky and Arleen Sorkin:
UNCONVINCING APOLOGIES
"The comment was not meant to be a regional slur. To the extent that it was misinterpreted to be one, I apologize."
--Asst US Attorney Kenneth Taylor, apologizing for referring to potential jurors in the eastern Kentucky mountains as "illiterate cave dwellers." (Oct. 17, 2003)
"Trudeau takes full responsibility, acknowledging the use of fictional material from an outside source instead of simply making it up as he usually does. The creator deeply apologizes for unsettling anyone who was under the impression that the president is, in fact, quite intelligent."
--The DOONESBURY website, "apologizing" for creator Garry Trudeau's having been fooled by, and incorporating into his comic strip, an Internet hoax claiming that a research study conducted by a nonexistent institute found George W. Bush to have the lowest IQ of any White House occupant in the past half-century. (Sept. 5, 2001)
"For one of our tobacco companies to commission this study was not just a terrible mistake, it was wrong... [It] exhibited terrible judgment as well as a complete and unacceptable disregard of basic human values..."
--Philip Morris, apologizing for a report prepared by arthur D Little International on the economy of the Czech Republic that found "indirect positive effects" of cigarette smoking - the huge sums of money (for health care, pensions, and housing) the government saves thanks to the early deaths of smokers. (July 26, 2001)
"Obviously, it's a mistake. It's not something that we would have done intentionally. While we do proofread these things very carefully, with the volume on that particular page, that was something that was missed."
--A spokeswoman for Caldor department stores, apologizing for a toys-and-games advertising supplement distributed in newspapers that featured an image of two smiling boys sitting around a Scrabble board on which was spelled the word "RAPE."
"We apologize for the joke referencing Miss Columbia ...There was no intent to offend her or the people of Columbia."
-- David Letterman and CBS executives apologizing for the host's saying about the Miss Universe pageant, "You know what has really gotten impressive? The talent competition. For example, Miss Colombia, she swalllowed 50 balloons full of heroin." (May 15, 2001)
"It has come to the editor's attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to cover the civil-rights movement. We regret the omission."
--The Lexington, KY, Herald-Leader apologizing for the 40-year-old policies of the then-separate papers the Herald and the Leader to relegate coverage of sit-ins, marches, and the like to brief mentions in a column called "Colored Notes." (July 4, 2004)
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Subject: Yeah, But Are You REALLY Sorry??
Time: 11:42:00 PM EDT
Author: friedman3109
Fromthe book, MY BAD, by Paul Slansky and Arleen Sorkin:
UNCONVINCING APOLOGIES
"The comment was not meant to be a regional slur. To the extent that it was misinterpreted to be one, I apologize."
--Asst US Attorney Kenneth Taylor, apologizing for referring to potential jurors in the eastern Kentucky mountains as "illiterate cave dwellers." (Oct. 17, 2003)
"Trudeau takes full responsibility, acknowledging the use of fictional material from an outside source instead of simply making it up as he usually does. The creator deeply apologizes for unsettling anyone who was under the impression that the president is, in fact, quite intelligent."
--The DOONESBURY website, "apologizing" for creator Garry Trudeau's having been fooled by, and incorporating into his comic strip, an Internet hoax claiming that a research study conducted by a nonexistent institute found George W. Bush to have the lowest IQ of any White House occupant in the past half-century. (Sept. 5, 2001)
"For one of our tobacco companies to commission this study was not just a terrible mistake, it was wrong... [It] exhibited terrible judgment as well as a complete and unacceptable disregard of basic human values..."
--Philip Morris, apologizing for a report prepared by arthur D Little International on the economy of the Czech Republic that found "indirect positive effects" of cigarette smoking - the huge sums of money (for health care, pensions, and housing) the government saves thanks to the early deaths of smokers. (July 26, 2001)
"Obviously, it's a mistake. It's not something that we would have done intentionally. While we do proofread these things very carefully, with the volume on that particular page, that was something that was missed."
--A spokeswoman for Caldor department stores, apologizing for a toys-and-games advertising supplement distributed in newspapers that featured an image of two smiling boys sitting around a Scrabble board on which was spelled the word "RAPE."
"We apologize for the joke referencing Miss Columbia ...There was no intent to offend her or the people of Columbia."
-- David Letterman and CBS executives apologizing for the host's saying about the Miss Universe pageant, "You know what has really gotten impressive? The talent competition. For example, Miss Colombia, she swalllowed 50 balloons full of heroin." (May 15, 2001)
"It has come to the editor's attention that the Herald-Leader neglected to cover the civil-rights movement. We regret the omission."
--The Lexington, KY, Herald-Leader apologizing for the 40-year-old policies of the then-separate papers the Herald and the Leader to relegate coverage of sit-ins, marches, and the like to brief mentions in a column called "Colored Notes." (July 4, 2004)
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