DONALD STERLING APOLOGIZES

[iandhr]

The Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling offered a “total and remorseful” apology for his racist comments today, telling reporters, “Once I saw that Donald Trump was defending me, I knew I had done something horribly wrong.”

Sterling acknowledged that he had turned a blind eye to a mountain of criticism from basketball luminaries and national leaders, but said that seeing Trump defend him on Fox News on Monday had left him “shaken.”

“Look, I know I’m not perfect,” he said. “But when Donald Trump takes your side, you have to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask yourself, ‘Have I become some kind of monster?’”


http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/04/donald-sterling-apologizes.html

[Newsjock]

1. Again, satire

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[underpants]

4. Oh

I saw New Yorker and didn't know that Borowitz is published online by them.

[underpants]

2. Holy crimes that made me laugh

Not that it puts Sterling in any better light but the Trump quote is hilarious.

[NightWatcher]

3. You get a rec for NOT labeling the post

as a satire. If people can't figure it out, they shouldn't be allowed to play on the webz

[iandhr]

5. Thank you

[Iggo]

10. Exactly.

[DocMac]

12. I'm not so sure.

Many Republicans label the Donald as a Democrat. Sterling is a registered Republican, so I can see it happening.

[immoderate]

13. Consider that there IS satire that is undifferentiable from Republican polemics.

Happens all the time.

--imm

[Gothmog]

6. I love good satire

[leftyohiolib]

7. fking click bait

[BlueStreak]

8. When I saw "Billionaire" and "apologize" in the same sentence, I knew it couldn't be real

[spooky3]

9. Andy Borowitz. N/t

[OldHippieChick]

11. Thanks!

I just finished mowing and weed-eating and needed a good laugh!

[otohara]

14. Maybe We Should Have A Satire Forum

so there's no confusion

[tclambert]

15. It's called freerepublic.com