We didn’t mean kill Obama, we just meant…
On the domestic terrorism front, the Santa Barbara Daily Sound ran an apology insisting that when one of its columnists suggested putting a bounty on the head of President Obama, she wasn’t actually offering to pay for his murder. To be clear, neither [regular political columnist Gina] Perry nor the Daily Sound offered a bounty. ...
On the domestic terrorism front, the Santa Barbara Daily Sound ran an apology insisting that when one of its columnists suggested putting a bounty on the head of President Obama, she wasn't actually offering to pay for his murder.
On the domestic terrorism front, the Santa Barbara Daily Sound ran an apology insisting that when one of its columnists suggested putting a bounty on the head of President Obama, she wasn’t actually offering to pay for his murder.
To be clear, neither [regular political columnist Gina] Perry nor the Daily Sound offered a bounty. And the Daily Sound would never advocate for the assassination of our president or any other person."
Any newspaper editor who has to write that sentence probably should announce his or her resignation in the next.
(HT to Romenesko)
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