September 21, 2004
It Is Not An Apology
I keep reading the words "Rather's apology" everywhere and anywhere in the media and the blogosphere in general. Seems like everyone has ante'd up their two cents worth on this. Well, I'm in and here's my addition to the pot.
It is not an apology. Saying you are sorry for being caught is not saying you are sorry for the wrong you have done. Dan Rather and CBS News, etal, have done just that, apologized for being caught doing something wrong.
The way I was brought up an "apology" such as this would have been called an excuse and I would have had my butt spanked.
Someone needs to take the belt to Dan and his cadre. With the buckle end.
Posted by Val Prieto at September 21, 2004 11:48 AM
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That's the kind of apology you can expect from folks who do not believe in their own fallibility. They might as well say "I'm sorry that you're stupid enough to believe I could do something wrong."
They could also append "I take full responsibility for this," and then do nothing, showing that they take none. It worked in the 1990s.
Posted by: Murel Bailey at September 21, 2004 12:16 PM
Over at The Corner:
UNBELIEVABLE [Jonah Goldberg]
Dan Rather won't let go. Here he is in today's Chicago Tribune:
"Do I think they're forged? No," Rather said. "But it's not good enough to use the documents on the air if we can't vouch for them, and we can't vouch for them."
Posted at 12:43 PM
Posted by: j.scott barnard at September 21, 2004 02:19 PM
