Even the Libs Are Calling dave a Coward
fleer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-russnow/david-letterman-apology-r_b_216025.html
Brady
> PR nightmare anyone? Nice hole Dave has dug for himself.
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-russnow/david-letterman-apology-r_b_216025.html
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"David Letterman Apology Redux: Shame on Dave for
Buckling Under to Palin's Lies"
Michael Russnow
Professional TV/Screenwriter, former Member Writers Guild west Board of
Directors and former U.S. Senate aide
Posted: June 16, 2009 06:21 AM
David Letterman Apology Redux: Shame on Dave for Buckling Under to
Palin's Lies
[...]
I repeat, no one of any reasonable intelligence thought he was talking
about the fourteen-year-old Willow Palin. It was her mother who framed
it as such, due to some bad research on the Letterman staff's part, as
there was only a passing mention to an unnamed Palin daughter at the
Yankee game. It was Sarah Palin, a two bit governor of one of our
nation's smallest states and the bottom half of a failed presidential
campaign, who, in her zeal to stay in the spotlight, jumped at the
chance to get back at one of the many comic commentators who've
previously enjoyed many jokes at her expense. And she kept repeating it
and repeating it even well after Letterman -- in a smart move to quickly
defuse the controversy -- clarified rather emotionally last week on his
show that it was Bristol who was the gag's target.
Did Palin change her tune and say, "Oh, but even though you were talking
about Bristol it's still not right," which might have been questionable
due to her daughter's adult age, not to mention her appearances on TV
talk shows about abstinence. But she didn't and chose to ignore the
truth, and at that point Palin was no longer a protective mother but an
out and out liar.
However, she is not alone to blame, because the media wouldn't let up
and gave Sarah Palin far too much leash, rarely questioning her motives
or forcing her to deal with Letterman's clarification that the remarks
were about Bristol. Indeed, many of the scathing TV attacks featuring
Palin let her put forth blistering remarks, characterizing Letterman as
a lecher and possibly a pedophile. There were TV reports that actually
ended the story there, with no follow-up information that Letterman
repeatedly had denied the joke was about the younger daughter, no doubt
leaving some watching the news to believe Palin had all her facts in order.
[...]
So I worry, I really do, where all this will lead. It may make CBS
happier and it may reassure Letterman's future on his late night forum,
but will the show be as good if he has to worry about what he's going to
say? Ironically, his monologue prior to his apology had zingers and
political humor, and he made fun of the controversy, but all at his own
expense. Apart from self-deprecatory remarks, will he now start to
censor himself beforehand with his writers and, worse, when he interacts
with his guests on the panel? All it has to take is another person to
seriously complain and mislead the media and public as Sarah Palin has
shamelessly done.
Letterman may insist this is the end of it and he will go back to
essentially the way things were. I hope he does, but I won't believe
it's true until he gets back on the proverbial horse which recently
threw him and summarily launches another zinger at Palin when she
deserves it.
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ronnie12
> fleer wrote:
> > PR nightmare anyone? Nice hole Dave has dug for himself.
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> "David Letterman Apology Redux: Shame on Dave for
> Buckling Under to Palin's Lies"
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I can't take credit for this, so I'm quoting someone else who
commented on another article on this subject: (ed: givl replacements
made in the appropriate places.)
"Anyone who wants to "fire" Letterman over this non-incident is a
complete jackass, and almost certainly not a New Yorker. Dial up his
post 9/11 show intro on YouTube, you whining givling zealots and
compare that to anything Palin has had to say, ever, about anything.
And then go givl yourselves."
-ronnie