Dead Tree Alert: In Defense of the Fake Apology

Last week, Ted Nugent went on the radio and sorta-maybe-not-necessarily apologized to President Obama for calling him a “subhuman mongrel.” In this week’s New York magazine, Alec Baldwin, having apologized previously for outbursts offensive to gay people, now says he’s quitting public life and complains about being ganged up on by the “Gay Department of Justice.” Phil Robertson said sorry, Paula Deen said sorry, Martin Bashir said sorry, politicians and corporations and ABC’s Bache...

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