Ana Kasparian
Role at the time: Co-host of The Young Turks
Responding to
El-Sayed's immediate response should have stopped at an unqualified condemnation; adding causal context at that moment was a mistake.
"walk into a room full of people and apologize for something that he shouldn't have apologized for."
Why we used this label
She directly defended the substance of the original causal explanation and rejected the need for an apology.