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Lena Dunham on stage during the panel discussion for "Girls" at the HBO portion of the 2014 Winter Television Critics Association tour. (AP/Richard Shotwell)

Pathetic apologies for bad behavior

Kali Holloway - Alternet

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, United States' swimmer Ryan Lochte prepares before a men's 4x200-meter freestyle heat at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro. Loche told USA Today in an interview published on Oct. 3, 2016, that rapper Vanilla Ice encouraged him to stay on "Dancing with the Stars" after two men rushed the stage last month to protest the swimmer for lying about a drunken encounter during the Rio Olympics. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) (AP)

The Associated Press

Matt Lauer (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Play the devil's advocate

Ryan Lochte (AP/Martin Meissner)

the politics of swimming

Lynn Sherr - BillMoyers.com

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Ryan Lochte (AP/Martin Meissner)

Ryan Lochte’s redemption tango

Melanie McFarland

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, United States' Ryan Lochte checks his time after a men' 4x200-meter freestyle relay heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The father of the American swimmer said Wednesday, Aug. 17, his son arrived back in the United States before a Brazilian judge ordered that Lochte stay in Brazil as authorities investigate a robbery claim involving the athlete during the Olympics. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) (AP)

Scott Eric Kaufman

Ryan Lochte (AP/Martin Meissner)

How to make a lie worse

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Donald Trump; Ryan Lochte (Reuters/Chris Keane/Mike Segar/Photo montage by Salon)

The Trump-Lochte axis of slime

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Ryan Lochte (AP/Martin Meissner)

The ballad of "Swim Shady"

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Journalists surround American Olympic swimmers Gunnar Bentz, left, and Jack Conger, center, as they leave the police station at Rio International airport early Thursday Aug. 18, 2016. The two were taken off their flight from Brazil to the U.S. on Wednesday by local authorities amid an investigation into a reported robbery targeting Ryan Lochte and his teammates. According to their lawyer they will not be allowed to leave Brazil until they provide testimony about the robbery. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel) (AP)

Scott Eric Kaufman

FILE - In this May 12, 2016, file photo, Ryan Lochte listens to a question from the media in Charlotte, N.C. Missy Franklin and Ryan Lochte will be busy in the pool at the Rio Olympics. Just not as busy as they wanted to be. The two popular stars from the U.S. swimming team four years ago in London have just three individual events between them in Rio, hardly the frenetic schedule they've grown accustomed to over the years. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) (AP)

Clockwise from top left: Quvenzhané Wallis, Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Lochte (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1092671p1.html'>Jaguar PS</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-842245p1.html'>Featureflash</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Checking in on class of '12

Daniel D'Addario

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Ryan Lochte (E!)

Cobain is rolling in his grave

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Prince Harry (Reuters/Paolo Whitaker)

Princes should get naked

Mary Elizabeth Williams

(AP/David J. Phillip)

So sexy, so dumb

Tracy Clark-Flory

Raisman awaits the scores to be posted (AP/Gregory Bull)

(AP/David J. Phillip)

A gold in one-night stands

Mary Elizabeth Williams

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Michael Phelps (L) and Ryan Lochte during a training session (Reuters)

Sports? Not at these Olympics!

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