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.