The 23/6 Network News Apology-o-Tron

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry you're such a goon."

China has angrily rejected an attempted apology from CNN for their commentator Jack Cafferty saying the Chinese were "goons" and that their products were "junk." CNN's original statement just made things worse, explaining that Cafferty's remarks referred to "the Chinese government and not to Chinese people." Not exactly begging for forgiveness.

This is far from the first time a TV news network has had to apologize for its irresponsibility. Remember CBS's Dan Rather Memo-Gate fiasco? MSNBC's Chelsea Clinton Pimp-Gate controversy? And ABC certainly has some explaining to do after this week's Half-Assed Issueless Presidential Debate-Gate debacle. As a favor to embarrassed journalists everywhere, we've created the 23/6 Network News Apology-o-Tron to help news networks properly regret their mistakes.

23/6 NETWORK NEWS APOLOGY-O-TRON

Recently on , correspondent offended a large segment of our television viewership by insensitively .

We fully admit that this was irresponsible and inappropriate, and we offer our most humble apology to any who might have been offended by our network's .

Mr. will apologize on air this evening, and has been . He has also extended his sincere apology directly to .

takes these matters seriously, and we offer our sincere regrets for the remarks broadcast on our airwaves. Hopefully we can all put this . Hey, at least we didn't .

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