Sorry, Sorry

News guys should leave the “joking” to comedians.
ABC News’ Martin Bashir‘s tasteless comments at the Asian American Journalists Association gala in Chicago last week pissed off a whole load of people.
In case you’re wondering, here are the ‘offending’ things that Bashir spewed:

“[a speech] is like a dress on a beautiful woman. It has to be long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep you interested. My colleague Juju Chang has achieved this on both points.”
“I’ve never been around so many Asian babes in my life. In fact, I’m mightily relieved that that the podium covers me from the waist downwards. I’ve been having trouble all evening…”

Ewwwww!
Bashir’s comments forced ABC to release a statement publicly condemning the remarks.
An ABC mouthpiece said, “This kind of remark has no place in any setting and Martin knows that and is truly sorry for his serious error in judgment.'”
Bashir has written to the journalists’ association apologizing for the ‘tasteless remarks’ he made at the event and describing his behavior as a ‘moment of stupidity’.
Bashir is English. Did some things get lost in translation?