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by JohnFen 680 days ago
> Why does he need to apologize? Oh no, he made a mistake

That's why he needs to apologize. Decent people apologize for their mistakes, and it's particularly important with people holding huge megaphones.

> going by that logic, the Guardian's owners should publicly apologize to all their readers if they get anything wrong.

Absolutely. Whether or not they actually do, I have no idea, but that would be proper behavior. I see other news outlets doing it all the time.