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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Yep, that is what I thought. It was written as abroad and some lefty some place in the chain made the change and no one noticed.
A broad in Asia
Always thought they were talking about Hillary, releasing bomb after bomb. An embarrassment to herself and the Nation.
Maybe the paper should be called the Nose Miner!
I’ve always hated that term and found it very demeaning. There is no comparison to a term applied to a man. It’s just icky and certainly doesn’t belong in a newspaper, nor is there any justification for applying it to a former governor.
TRANSLATION:
We apologize NOW, but then, we already got in our hit-job on the broad!!
“What kind of fool would call a chick a broad?”
An MSM liberal, most likely gay, and most assuredly hate-filled...
What’s new about that?
Then public fire the guy who put in there!!
Must be another ‘Fringe Lunatic Media’ group. They were once the MSM no longer...just a fringe group that has become worthless.
A mean 72 year old bastard like me!
Really? I thought he was singing about his ex-wife (Ava Gardner)??
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."and just to make sure you didn't miss it, we included it twice in our 'apology'."
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