Mel Gibson/Conservative media headline of the year

Evan Derkacz
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Evan Derkacz
August 02, 2006News & Politics
Bear with me, this one will take a short setup. But first, clearly my Mel Gibson post caused a bit of a firestorm so allow me to say this: I'll be writing a follow up doing my best to explain why this was not a celeb story, but rather a very important coda to an older, more important one.

Back to our post. Here's the headline (referring to Gibson's first, catholic apology devoid of any specifics):

Mel Gibson's Apology OK With Catholic League

Okay, here's why it's funny...
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