How to be sorry: a guide for famous wrong people Williams, professional that she is, opted for an unsatisfying gloss on the popular "if anyone was offended, I would certainly be sorry for them that they were offended" sports-pology, then threw some passive-voice topspin on it by not quite acknowledging that she said what she said.
June 21, 2013 - Philly.com
Kickstarter apologizes for not canceling 'seduction guide' promoting rape The posts offended a lot of people -- us included -- and many asked us to cancel the creator's project. We didn't,Kickstarter writes in an apology titled "We Were Wrong" about a project called "Above The Game: A Guide to Getting Awesome with Women."
June 21, 2013 - Zap2It
Fired radio host: I would have been offended By GABRIELLE LEVY, UPI.com Steak Shapiro, one of the radio hosts fired after joking about NFLer Steve Gleason's ALS, said he would have been offended if he had heard the skit on the radio.
June 19, 2013 - UPI
Van Jones in AFP If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past, I apologize,said Jones, who works in Obama's Council on Environmental Quality, which pushes the United States toward clean energy policies.
Rupert Murdoch in guardian.co.uk As the chairman of the New York Post, I am ultimately responsible for what is printed in its pages. The buck stops with me,added Murdoch. "Last week, we made a mistake. We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today I want to personally...
Bob McDonnell in CNN (blog) The failure to include any reference to slavery was a mistake, and for that I apologize to any fellow Virginian who has been offended or disappointed,McDonnell said in a written statement. "The abomination of slavery divided our nation,...