Edwin Battistella

Media coverage of Dangerous Crooked Scoundrels

 “Spring into the past: Forty history books for 40 (or more) evenings of edification,”  by Marvin Olasky World Magazine Post Date: March 25, 2020 – Issue Date: April 11, 2020

“Donald Trump’s insult politics” Oxford University Press Blog, April 2, 2020.

“SOU linguistics professor writes a book about the history of presidential insults,” by John Darling, Ashland Daily Tidings, April 1st 2020.

 Excerpt in Time magazine “How U.S. Presidents Have Tried to Use Legal Action to Stop People From Insulting Them” April 1, 2020.

“April Fooling: Insulting the President, from 1-45,” Interview on The Jefferson Exchange with Geoffrey Riley, April 1, 2020.

“Donald Trump is famous for his insults, but his invective doesn’t compare to Theodore Roosevelt’s, Oregon author argues,” by Douglas Perry,  The Oregonian/OregonLive, March 31, 2020.

“We’re Americans. We like to dis our presidents,” By John McIntyre, Baltimore Sun, Mar 18, 2020.

Media coverage of Sorry About That

Quoted in “Apologise like a leader: how to say ‘I’m sorry’,” by Nicola Heath, INTHEBLACK, Sept. 1, 2018.

Quoted in  “Saying sorry is hard to do for Uber, Facebook, Wells Fargo” San Francisco Chronicle by Carolyn Said, May 29, 2018.

Quoted in Printpower “The Art of The Apology,” April 11, 2018. 

Quoted in “Here’s what works way better than forcing your kid to say sorry,” by Rachael Rifkin, Today’s Parent, April 10, 2018.

Quoted in  “We Asked an Expert If Kevin Durant’s Apology Was Good Enough,” by Chris Yuscavage’s Complex Sports, Sept 20, 2017. 

Quoted in “Don’t feel sorry for apologising – it could be good for you,” by Moya Sarner, New Scientist, June 14, 2017 .

Quoted in The Philadelphia Enquirer, The anatomy of an apology: 12 public statements analyzed and annotated, by Anna Orso, Dec. 5, 2017.

Quoted in Yahoo! Lifestyle “‘Regret,’ ‘pain,’ ‘predator’: analyzing the apologies of Matt Lauer, Harvey Weinstein, and others accused of sexual misconduct,” by Suzy Byrne, Dec. 1, 2017.

Interviewed in Le Monde “Affaire Fillon : l’art délicat du faux mea culpa en politique,” by Marc Bettinelli, Feb. 11, 2017.

Interviewed in  NRC Handelsblad  “Aan deze elementen moet een goede spijtbetuiging voldoen,” by Anke Meijer, Jan. 20, 2017.

 Dan Schneider interview Edwin Battistella, Cindy Frantz and Mark P. Gibney, Cosmoetica, Feb. 12, 2017.

Sorry/Not Sorry In Today’s World, Jefferson Exchange Interview with Geoffrey Riley, Aug 2, 2016

The Elements of a Good Apology (youtube), July 1, 2016

 How To Apologize So The Public Believes You, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, July 11,  2016

Quoted in “How not to apologize: what Donald Trump and Ryan Lochte get wrong,” by Maria La Ganga, The Guardian, Aug. 20, 2016.

Quoted in “Trump’s ‘apology’ sounds like a non-apology,” by James Hohmann, The Washington Post, Aug. 19, 2016

Interview in the Chosun Daily (in Korean), by Christina Jungwon Bae, Aug. 11, 2016

“‘Sorry About That’ book expands,” by John Darling, Medford Mail Tribune, Aug. 10, 2016

“Ashland apology expert expands on ‘Sorry About That’,” by John Darling, Ashland Daily Tidings, Aug. 9, 2016 

Sorry/Not Sorry In Today’s World, Jefferson Exchange Interview with Geoffrey Riley, Aug. 2, 2016

Quoted in “Trump Crossed Deeply Ingrained Moral Boundary with Kahn Comments,” by Bahar Gholipour, The Huffington Post, Aug. 3, 2016

 How To Apologize So The Public Believes You, The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC, July 11,  2016

Interviewed on the Monacle Daily, May 27, 2016

“9 Ways You Secretly Sabotage Your Apology When You Say Sorry,” by Marissa Laliberte, Reader’s Digest.com, April 2016

“The Art and Science of Apologizing” by Jacoba Urist, The Atlantic Monthly, Feb, 23, 2016.

I’m Sorry You Feel That Way: Why It’s So Hard to Apologize The Takeaway, with John Hockenberry, WNYC, Sept. 10, 2015.

Sorry about that! The art of the public apology, BBC News, July 3, 2014.

Sorry About That (Or Are They?) Jefferson Exchange Interview with Geoffrey Riley, June 30, 2014

“Sorry, They’re Not Sorry” by Kate Wheeling, The Pacific Standard,  Apr 24, 2015.

“Apology Expert Gives Donald Sterling a C-“ by Katy Steinmetz in Time.com, May 14, 2014.

“SOU professor is unapologetic in dissecting public apologies” by Paul Hadella, Medford Mail Tribune, June 2, 2014. 

“The Art of the Political Apology. From Bill to Monica and everyone in between, a guide to saying sorry.” Politico, May 7, 2014.

 “The Best And Worst Of Public Apologies” Huffington Post Book blog, June 4, 2014.

Interview with Elias Isquith. “Behind the Celebrity Apology: Why so Many Are So Bad.”  Salon.com, June 5, 2014.

 Interview with Jim Beaver of Beaver Communications, June 2014.

“When Should We Be Sorry?” Anna North, The New York Times OP-Talk, June 23, 2014.

“The Use and Abuse of ‘Sorry.’” by Joseph Brean, National Post, June 27, 2014.

“Facebook Flunks Its Apology,” Anna North, The New York Times OP-Talk, July 1, 2014.

 “Sorry about that! The art of the public apology.” BBC News Magazine. Produced by Ashley Semler. July 3, 2014.

“Never Apologize” by Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, July 7, 2014.

“The Art of the Airline Apology” by Scott McCartney, The Wall Street Journal, July 10, 2014.

“Flashback: Nixon and the Art of the Non-Apology” NBC News.com, Aug. 7, 2014.

“Orie Melvin’s Apology Called a Non-apology“ by Jonathan Silver, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 29, 2014.

Sorry about that! The art of the public apology, BBC News, July 3, 2014.

Sorry About That (Or Are They?) Jefferson Exchange Interview with Geoffrey Riley, June 30, 2014

“When an Apology Falls Short of Remorse” by Samantha Melamed, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 23, 2014.

“We Asked 5 Public Apology Experts To Critique A-Rod’s Handwritten Note. They Were Not Impressed,” by Maxwell Strachan, The Huffington Post, Feb. 19, 2015.

“Sorry, They’re Not Sorry“ by Kate Wheeling, Pacific Standard, Apr 24, 2015.

“I’m Sorry You Feel That Way: Why It’s So Hard to Apologize.” interview with John Hockenberry on The Takeaway, Sept. 10, 2015.

“Insights & Influence with author Edwin Battistella” interview with Dave Gordon on The Landmark Report. Sept. 16, 2015.

Media coverage of other projects

Emily Petsko’s “Here’s the Right Way to Pronounce ‘Pulitzer’” APRIL 16, 2018 Mental Floss, April 16, 2918  citing my OUP blog piece.

“Every Generation Is A ‘Me’ Generation,” Think Out Loud,Oregon Public Broadcasting, April 8, 2014.

“Professor Aims To ‘Plug Holes’ In English Language With A Word A Day”, Oregon Public Broadcasting, June 13, 2012.

“SOU prof tries to invent a new word daily for 2012,” by Paul Hadella Medford Mail Tribune, April 17, 2012.

“Impertinent Questions with Edwin L. Battistella,” by David Skinner | Humanities, March/April 2010 | Volume 31, Number 2.

Amy Blossom Interviews Ed Battistella on Open Books/Opens Minds, March 2010.