Cooks Source, the tiny magazine that set the internet aflame by stealing a writer's work and then haughtily brushing off her protests, has finally—belatedly!—issued an apology. Of sorts.
MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann has released a statement thanking supporters a day in advance of his return from a four-day, two-show suspension over unreported political donations. And, wouldn't you know it: Olbermann didn't even know about the rule he violated!
A group of protesters stood behind BBC political editor Nick Robinson last night, waving an anti-war sign behind his head. Mad that they ruined his shot, he grabbed their sign, tore it apart, and stomped on it. On camera.
Nineteen years ago, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was barely confirmed by the Senate after a former colleague, Anita Hill, accused him of sexual harassment. So it's a little odd that Thomas' wife just called Hill to demand an apology.
In his debut blog post as CEO, Digg's Matt Williams writes he's "deeply sorry" about the social news site's "disappointing redesign." Sad: Williams inherited the redesign entirely from Digg co-founder Kevin Rose. Hopefully Williams' contract includes a groveling bonus. [Pic]
After at first defending a starkly homophobic statement about "dysfunctional homosexuals," New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has issued a sprawling, six-point apology comparing himself to "Barrack Obama" and saying he has gay friends.
Ex-CNN anchor Rick Sanchez gave his first interview since being fired last week on today's Good Morning America. He shows remorse, then plugs his book. He also doesn't believe there are any Hispanics anchoring primetime shows, even if there are.
"I'm not trying to make excuses" former CNN anchor Rick Sanchez said to GMA's George Stephanpoulos this morning, before launching into a slew of them. Pretty typical, but he has a lot of other issues on his mind.
Ex-CNN anchor Rick Sanchez has broken his silence and released a public statement about the regrettable, uh, ethnic comments that led to his firing last week. It's fairly restrained — not a single Jew joke or anything. Full text, below.
Rick Sanchez—the CNN anchor who was fired after insinuating that Jews control the media—might be coming out of hiding. According to Sanchez's wife, he called Daily Show host Jon Stewart (the target of Sanchez's remarks) to say "sorry."
A professor has uncovered evidence that U.S. researchers intentionally infected Guatemalan sex workers, prisoners and mental patients with STDs in the 1940s. Now U.S. officials are stumbling over themselves to apologize. Not good enough, says Guatemala.
The owner of the Iowa farm who was selling salmonella-tainted eggs that led to a massive recall will testify before a House subcommittee today. In a prepared statement, Austin DeCoster says he was "horrified," but of course he blames others.
New Republic editor-in-chief Marty Peretz, who does not care for Muslims, Arabs, Persians, etc., has apologized for questioning whether Muslims "deserve" First Amendment rights. Good show! Do you have any more apologies on the way, Marty?
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro told the Mexican newspaper La Jornada that "If someone is responsible" for the persecution suffered by Cuban gays after the 1959 revolution, "it's me." In response, gays named a San Francisco neighborhood in his honor.
CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, who's always sayin' the nuttiest things, called Barack Obama the "the cotton-pickin' president" today. This enraged his Twitter followers, because didn't black slaves used to pick cotton? Sanchez testily apologized shortly thereafter. Sanchez's latest flub below.
America's most beloved babydaddy Levi Johnston was on CBS's Early Show this morning to talk about—what else?—Sarah Palin. Now that he broke up with star-dancing girlfriend Bristol Palin again, he said he's sorry he said sorry to her mom.
White House press secretary was so nasty to whiny liberals — sorry, the "professional left" — in an interview published this morning, getting everyone all worked up. Now he's in the apology stage, calling his comments "inartful" and counterproductive.
Last week, a family of five in Staten Island died in a house fire. After initially blaming 14 year-old C.J. for killing his family, police backtracked yesterday, saying the mother did it. To whom does the media owe an apology?