It appears three times isn't a charm for horror author Stephen King, who in his third attempt at explaining his peculiar remarks about people who can't read ending up in the Army still couldn't muster the strength to apologize to those he's offended.
I guess in his world, literacy means never having to say you're sorry.
On the upside, at least this time he didn't tell anybody to shut up, or blame the outrage on "Guys like [Noel Sheppard who] take their cues from [conservative commentators Rush] Limbaugh and [Bill] O'Reilly."
So, we've got that going for us...which is nice.
But before we get there, let's look at King's strike three as posted at his website Wednesday (emphasis added):













The battle between NewsBusters and horror novelist Stephen King went national Tuesday when the Associated Press
The saga of horror novelist Stephen King's 


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