A televised public apology admitting one's fault. Based upon the Latin phrase "mea culpa", which basically means "my bad".

A media culpa is a popular activity for athletes and politicians. Famous media culpas: Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods, David Letterman, Eliot Spitzer, Kobe Bryant, Mel Gibson, Alex Rodriquez, Michael Phelps, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Grant, Michael Richards, Marion Jones, David Hasselhoff, Duane "Dog" Chapman, and on and on and on...
> Did you catch Tiger Woods' media culpa this morning?
> Oh yeah, I've already tweeted upon it thrice.

[00:01.31]Well, in my opinion, [00:03.17]this shows the media is getting worse and worse [00:06.07]I mean, look at all these awful American chat [00:08.47]shows on TV.They're so bad. [00:10.90]I agree. You're right, [00:13.11]there's a lot of rubbish

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[00:04.27]Unit 11 The Media Lesson 2 The Paparazzi [00:09.35]Exercise 3 Now listen to the radio programme [00:12.92]and complete the notes [00:14.40]which summarise Dr Lindbrow's words. [00:18.07]Good evening and welcome to this week's [00:20.46]Medi

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THIS IS AMERICA - Media in the United States, Part 1 By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, September 27, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOI

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THIS IS AMERICA - Media in the United States, Part 2 By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Monday, October 04, 2004 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOI

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Social media has found its way into almost every part of everyday life. It has even affected college and university admissions. Many colleges and universities in the United States are now using social media to share information with applicants, says

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Dan: This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Dan Walker Smithand today I'm joined by Alice. Hello Alice! Alice: Hi Dan. Dan: Alice, you've got some news about a media blackout in an English town, right? Alice: That's right; a media bl

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In South Korea, anti-government protests that erupted this summer following a deal to import American beef were born on the Internet. Rumors that South Koreans were going to be served meat tainted with mad cow disease spread across chat rooms and me

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BBC Learning English Weekender Poles in the media Callum:Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender. One of the largest groups of new migrants to Britain are Poles. In 2004 Poland entered the European Union which gave Polish people much great

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By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 06 December 2007 Eritrea's government has responded angrily to an appeal by a Paris-based media watchdog, urging the European Union to declare Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki persona non grata for violating human rights and

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Where would we be without the media? How would we get information about the world? All of us are interested in the news. We all want to know whats happening around the world. We switch the TV on just to watch the news. It seems as though every train

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By Selah Hennessy Dakar 15 September 2007 A journalist and a government press officer are being detained in the tiny West African country Gambia, despite a court order releasing them on bail. The media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has called

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By Peta Thornycroft Southern Africa 13 March 2008 The Zimbabwe state media has been accused of bias in favor of the ruling ZANU-PF party by media monitors observing the run up to national elections on March 29. And as Peta Thornycroft reports, monito

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A British parliament committee said Tuesday newspaper and television magnate Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to head a media company, part of an unexpectedly strong rebuke to one of the world's most powerful media moguls. The multy-party committee

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It's the silly season in India-China relations. If you've tuned into one of the more hawkish Indian television channels or are reading the views of the many experts on India and China, it might seem like the two countries are at each other's throats

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The Amazing Media Habits Of 8-18 Year Olds Kids are leading the world's transition to digital media. This is in part because kids aren't afraid of technology, and, in part, because kids haven't spent years getting use to anything else. So if you want

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 11 November 2007 Australian cricket authorities are locked in a dispute with major news organizations over coverage of test matches. Cricket Australia, the game's governing body, has demanded that news groups hand over rights to

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In India, the fast-growing media and entertainment industry is expanding into the heart of the country by making new investments in regional languages. Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi. In the coming week, Star India will launch a new TV enter

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托福作文范文:News Media新闻媒体 Some people think that news reports in the media have no connections with people's lives.Therefore, it is a waste of time reading newspapers or watching TV news programs. To whatextent do you agree or disag

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has picked Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, U.S. media reported Friday, citing Republican sources. A formal announcement would be made a

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By Barry Newhouse Islamabad 17 November 2007 Two leading Pakistani media outlets that had their television broadcasts shut down inside Pakistan have now been forced to end international broadcasts. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from Islamabad that the

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