Last week, a major blowup occurred when Dana Loesch, who had appeared in a viral ad for NRA TV, was accused of threatening to “fist” the New York Times.

Except the word she used was “fisk” – as in, hold the Times accountable in its reporting.

One of the journalists who misheard Loesch, Yashar Ali, called her out on it. What happened afterward was a major swarm of liberals’ tweets using every epithet under the sun to describe Loesch.

Ali says that was not the reaction he was hoping for, and apologized for his part in initiating the storm.

1. Want to follow up on the Dana Loesch fist/fisk situation from last week. It's been bothering me on a number of levels.. — Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 11, 2017

2. Something that has always bothered me is how misogynistic language is used against conservative women. I find it abhorrent. — Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 11, 2017

3. I don't care what a conservative woman says or believes in, no one woman deserves to be called a c*nt, whore, slut, any of it. — Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 11, 2017

4. No question, my tweeting that Dana said "fist" instead of "fisk" led to her getting tweets that were filled with misogynistic attacks — Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 11, 2017

5. For my mistake, I apologize unreservedly to @DLoesch – no one deserves to receive threats of any sort. — Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 11, 2017

6. For those of you who dislike @DLoesch or object to her politics/approach, it doesn't matter what she says/does – no one deserves threats — Yashar Ali (@yashar) August 11, 2017

His subsequent tweets on the issue are a mix of insistence that he didn’t lie about hearing “fist” instead of “fisk” (on that count, I do in fact believe him), and re-iterating that he did not intend to cause that viral storm for Loesch (another count I believe him on).

And it is good to see there was an apology. It was big of Ali to do.