Oliver Stone to Jews: Sorry!

It was just a matter of time before Oliver Stone backtracked on his recent comments about Hitler, the Holocaust, the Israeli lobby in the US and "the Jewish domination of the media." And so, late Monday, the apologies flowed.

"In trying to make a broader historical point about the range of atrocities the Germans committed against many people, I made a clumsy association about the Holocaust, for which I am sorry and I regret. Jews obviously do not control media or any other industry," he said according to the LAT, adding: "The fact that the Holocaust is still a very important, vivid and current matter today is, in fact, a great credit to the very hard work of a broad coalition of people committed to the remembrance of this atrocity -- and it was an atrocity."

Israel, meanwhile, apparently remains on the hook. Baby steps, people.

· With Hitler remarks, Oliver Stone provokes, then apologizes [LAT]