http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/18292/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/real-olympic-event-making-excuses <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/dan-gainor">Dan Gainor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >Turn on any network last week and you saw famous people making excuses. It didn’t matter if it was Hollywood morons defending a rapist, David Letterman pretending he was a victim for treating his staff like a harem, or Barack Obama denying responsibility for the failed Olympic bid.</p> <br /> <p >It looked like some nightmarish recast of an awful Family Circus cartoon with all of the major characters shouting “Not Me” with their hands fully in the cookie jar.</p> <br /> <p >And the traditional media celebrated the excuse-filled comic atmosphere.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/commentary/real-olympic-event-making-excuses" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Commentary MRC Business excuses letterman obama Polansky Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:25:16 +0000 admin 29765 at http://archive2.mrc.org