NBC News' Tom Brokaw attempted to apologize Sunday for comments he made on Meet the Press, doing so in a series of increasingly baffling tweets.
Brokaw had said that "Hispanics should be working harder at assimilation." After his statement drew backlash, he took to Twitter to write, "I feel terrible a part of my comments on Hispanics offended some members of that proud culture." He also said that "ALL sides [have] to work harder ... at finding common ground — which I strongly believe."
This apology wasn't received particularly well, so he later offered another while suggesting he was dealing with some unspecified problem with his Twitter account. "My Twitter [account] failed me at the worst time," he said to just about everyone's confusion, also writing that his "tweet portal is whack," whatever that means.
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Brokaw concluded by writing, either in reference to his attempt to fix an apparent Twitter problem or to become a newsmaker himself with this whole weird episode, "it worked! I got your attention. 'night."
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