At a meeting with administration officials, the group was asked to apologize publicly for statements they had made to the media about this controversy.

They apologize publicly for the inappropriate action, then remove themselves from public politics for a few years.

The program ended in 1977; the state government apologized publicly in 2002.

He apologized publicly, but was still dismissed by the paper's owners.

After that the management of the event rejected the paper and apologized publicly.