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[Link] State Senator Rants About Furries Using Litter Boxes in School, Then Apologizes
Read: 3/4/2022 www.vice.com
“I’m a little shocked, I guess... It’s something called furries,” he said.
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[Link] Man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith accused reaches settlement with Seven Network
Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith’s alleged kidnapper by the Seven Network has had a victory in the Western Australia supreme court, after suing the network for defamation.
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[Link] Grill’d co-founder Simon Crowe apologises for wearing Native American headdress to party
Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com
The co-founder of the multimillion-dollar Grill’d burger chain, Simon Crowe, has apologised for wearing a Native American headdress to an end of year staff costume Christmas party.
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[Link] Australian TV reporter Matt Doran gives lengthy on-air apology after he ‘insulted’ Adele
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
Australian TV reporter Matt Doran has made a lengthy, unreserved apology to Adele for failing to listen to her new album before an exclusive interview with the singer, calling the bungle a “terrible mistake”.
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[Link] Why Farmers Are Still Unhappy Despite Modi Withdrawing Controversial Farm Laws
Read: 26/11/2021 www.vice.com
In a surprise televised address last week, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi apologised to farmers and announced that the controversial farm laws they had been protesting for a year would be withdrawn.
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[Link] Jeremy Corbyn Paid ‘Substantial’ Damages Over Photoshopped Suicide Bomber Tweet
Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com
Paul Nickerson also apologised for the photograph, which showed Corbyn laying a poppy wreath next to a burning taxi outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital and was captioned with the word “unsurprisingly”. Corbyn said the damages would be donated to charity.
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[Link] Hackers Apologize to Arab Royal Families for Leaking Their Data
Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com
Among the data Conti leaked, there were sensitive files belonging to celebrities like David Beckham, Oprah Winfrey, and Donald Trump, according to The Daily Mail. There was also, according to the hackers themselves, information belonging to the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi royal families.
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[Link] 7 News apologises for wrongly identifying Aboriginal man as suspect in Cleo Smith case
Read: 4/11/2021 www.sbs.com.au
Seven News has apologised for identifying an Aboriginal man as the 36-year-old suspect that was arrested by WA police over the Cleo Smith abduction. The network published a number of photographs of the man on Wednesday along with his name.
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[Link] DaBaby Could Still Get Paid by the Festivals That Dropped Him
Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com
Seven major music festivals have now cut DaBaby from their lineups after the rapper went on a homophobic rant at Rolling Loud in Miami last week, then immediately doubled down, spouting off comments that were arguably even more offensive than what he said at first.
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