Nov.11, 2013 - PPM - Non-Apologies

This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY (PPM) is the NON-APOLOGY.

 

We saw two great examples in the last week.

 

The first was when President Obama offered his “apology” about his repeated lies about being able to keep your insurance and doctor if you liked them under Obamacare.  Obama was given “4 Pinocchio’s'' by the Washington Post for his statements.  The only thing worse was his non-apology for these statements. He said he was sorry if we misunderstood what he said.  THAT IS NOT AN APOLOGY.

The second example happened on this week’s “60 Minutes.”  CBS “apologized” for using an unchecked source for a story on Benghazi.  They said they were sorry for being taken in by an unreliable source. What they should have apologized for is not DOING THEIR JOURNALISTIC JOB and verifying their source.

 

People these days think that saying “I’m Sorry” makes everything better.  NO IT DOES NOT.  Especially if they are NOT really apologizing for their crimes and misdeeds.

 

I’m sorry if you did not understand my PEEVE about non-apologies. 

I’m sorry, IF YOU DID NOT GET IT.  I CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU, BUT I CANNOT MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND.

 

How is that for an apology?