Sarah Palin is not one of my favorite politicians. I find her positions on same-sex marriage, gun control, creationism, not to mention her unwavering support of Bush’s foreign policy in Iraq rather stupid. Her disastrous interviews with Katie Couric probably contributed to McCain’s loss in the Presidential elections late last year. However, during a recent airing of the Late Show, David Letterman made some rather distasteful and crude jokes about Palin’s daughters. And I totally support Palin’s outrage at Letterman. Some might say that its a part of the game- Palin brought her family into the spotlight, and now that they are celebrities in some way, they must learn to deal with such curveballs thrown by the media. I’m afraid that that’s complete BS. There is a very thin line between funny and disgusting. And that line was crossed on Monday’s show.
The backlash of the episode resulted in protests by the pro-Palin groups. And the Letterman PR team sprung into action to clean is mess. The man himself went on air and issued a seemingly earnest apology to Palin. And of course, the apology was sugar coated by him saying he was “misunderstood, and how he intended to talk about Palin’s older daughter Bristol and not 14 year old Willow”. Palin accepted the apology in a statement released to the media. In today’s world, powerful mediums like television and the Internet have resulted in a growing amount of carelessness on the part of the media to get their facts right. This coming from a 30 year veteran broadcaster is rather sad. Mr. Letterman- a such partisan attacks might be acceptable if it was directed towards the right party. If you think the outrage was unfair, don’t screw up.
Sarah- this is not the first time such nasty jokes have been made about your kids. You’ve been nicknamed pit bull for a reason- lots of talk, but it’d be great if your rants made sense every once in a while.
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