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An apology to Sarah Palin (You're not going to believe this . . .)
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ^
| September 23, 2009
| Rod Boyce
Posted on 09/24/2009 8:06:16 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
The Daily News-Miner has had its agreements and disagreements with now-former Gov. Sarah Palin at various points during her time serving the state of Alaska. We have tried to maintain respect for the office of governor and to be generally civil when discussing Mrs. Palin, her policies and the actions she took while serving as governor. The same has been true for the time since she left office.
Today I must apologize to Mrs. Palin personally and on behalf of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner for the choice of words used on the bottom of Wednesdays front page regarding her speaking engagement in Hong Kong this week to a group of global investors.
We used offensive language A broad in Asia above a small photograph of the former governor to direct readers inside the newspaper to a full story of her Hong Kong appearance.
There can be no argument that our use of the word broad is anything but offensive. To use this word to describe someone of the stature of the former governor who is also the former vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party only adds to the anger that many people appropriately feel.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: asiaspeech; enemedia; liberalmedia; military; obama; obamacare; palin; sarahpalin; veterans
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Is this satire? a broad in asia
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:07:54 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
It’s more appropriate for Hillary! in any event...
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:07:57 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 246 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Losing revenue is always a good motivator for an apology.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Apparently the Editor heard from Sarah’s attorney.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:09:56 AM PDT
by
IamConservative
(I'll keep my money. You keep the change.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
It’s nice to actually see a real apology. One with acceptance of the wrongful act and contrition instead of the “if anyone was offended...” crap.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:10:04 AM PDT
by
Two Kids' Dad
(((( I am a proud citizen of GlennBeckistan. ))))
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Screw the apology. I want him to explain how it got in there.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:10:07 AM PDT
by
VeniVidiVici
(Hey Obama. Where is Osama Bin Laden?)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I'm sure calling Sara Palin a broad was one of the nicer things they probably had to say about her in the “article”.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:10:42 AM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Mrs. Palin, please accept this apology from the Fairbanks Daily News-MinerEff you, you miserable leftist robot. I hope your paper goes bankrupt.
To: IamConservative
my guess is that they got a lot of FEEDBACK, all negative..
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:12:48 AM PDT
by
The Wizard
(Democrat Party: a criminal enterprise)
To: <1/1,000,000th%
Words like that wouldn’t offend me if I were the super hotness like SP. This coming from a newspaper struggling to print tomorrow’s edition.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
What kind of fool would call a chick a “broad?”
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:13:37 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Ram "Health Care Reform" down our throats in '09, and we'll ram it up your @ss in '10.)
To: Cyber Liberty
It’s a rather dated term.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:15:18 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Not so easy to defame someone when they’re a private citizen, ha ha ha.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Oops, the paper got caught with their subscriptions down.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:16:16 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Wearing neck brace in commemoration of Ted Kennedy's contribution to our society.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
The fact it was published in the first place, and that they would NEVER do that to Pelosi, says far more about the journalistic integrity of this rag than any apology can cover.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:16:27 AM PDT
by
henkster
(0bamanomics: The "Final Solution" to America's "Prosperity Question.")
To: rightwingintelligentsia
I suspect it was supposed to be “Abroad” not “A broad”. But it’s good they apologized.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:16:29 AM PDT
by
knittnmom
("...only dead fish 'go with the flow'". - Sarah Palin 7/09)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Anyway, it’s a rather good apology.
To: rightwingintelligentsia
yeah suuuuuure....
They are not sorry, they just have a second bite at the insult with a fake appology.
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posted on
09/24/2009 8:16:46 AM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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