Here's Anthony Federico's (ESPN chink headline writer) full letter of apology

Anthony Federico took to Twit Longer to apologize for the chink in the armor stuff:

I wrote the headline in reference to the tone of the column and not to Jeremy Lin’s race. It was a lapse in judgment and not a racist pun. It was an awful editorial omission and it cost me my job.

I owe an apology to Jeremy Lin and all people offended. I am truly sorry.

Adding:

I wrote thousands and thousands and thousands of headlines in my five years at ESPN. There never was a problem with any of them and I was consistently praised as an employee – both personally and professionally. Two weeks prior to the incident I had my first column published on espnW.com. My career was taking off. Why would I throw that all away with a racist pun? This was an honest mistake.

Honest? Perhaps. Stupid? Indeed.

Want to read the whole thing? Here.

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