The New York Times called it "an extraordinary apology".

At G.M.'s demand, NBC made an extraordinary apology on the air.

He then offered an extraordinary apology for the deaths of eight of them.

Taxpayers told of serious mistreatment by the I.R.S., which issued an extraordinary public apology.

It is unclear what the trustees will decide about Knight's fate in the wake of what for him is an extraordinary apology.

The of complaints prompted an extraordinary public apology a week ago from the agency's Acting Commissioner, Michael P. Dolan.

After G.M. filed suit, NBC acknowledged in an extraordinary on-air apology that it had used "sparking devices" during the taping.

Indeed, Mr. Clinton recently made an extraordinary apology for once believing that the Balkans were a place of "centuries-old animosity" impervious to change.

But accountability may also increase, as demonstrated by Mr. Zhu's extraordinary apology.

As a sign of the new, post-Hutton mood of caution, the BBC has issued several extraordinary on-air apologies.