Anchorman Makes an Ass of Himself

It's a familiar enough story. A public figure shoots off his mouth about a provocative subject, unleashing a lot of bad press and popular disapproval.

He then realizes his mistake and the depth of public reaction to his comments, and an apology usually follows, preferably on camera.

So far, par for the course.



But how often do we see one of these loudmouthed characters render an apology while wearing donkey ears — as if to say, "Yup, I behaved like an ass, and now I have the ears to prove it."

Fernando Sánchez Dragó, an anchor with the Madrid-based TV station Telemadrid, now has the dubious distinction of being the first man to observe this unusual practice.

He donned the donkey ears during his nightly news broadcast and apologized for comments made in a local newspaper called 20 Minutos (20 Minutes).