From Rivera’s Facebook yesterday:
…according to my legion of critics, by putting responsibility on what kids wear instead of how people react to them I have obscured the main point that someone shot and killed an unarmed teenager, and I began today’s program with a sincere and heartfelt apology to anyone I may have offended by my crusade to warn minority families of the danger to their young sons inherent in gangsta style clothing; like hoodies.
Keep in mind that he’s still not repentant in his belief that hoodies are “gangsta” clothes, or that he feels that Martin was asking for trouble in wearing a hooded sweatshirt while being a black male. But I think this is as good as it’s going to get, folks.
[Earlier: Geraldo Rivera, Semi-Officially U of A’s Most Embarrasing Alumnus?]
This article appears in Mar 22-28, 2012.
It doesn’t surprise Red Star that “the apology” has become a right wing mass media commodity: it would seem to follow. By design. Consider the relentlessly cunning Rush Limbaugh’s recent “apology” in the Fluke thing. Like pink slime and high fructose corn syrup.
“Geraldo’s hilarious non-apology”
http://www.salon.com/2012/03/28/geraldos_h…
Thing is, it’s not that funny…
We used to go “flukeing” in Boston harbor back in the 70’s;they come big up there…..