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Day By Day by Chris Muir June 30, 2009 – Words
Yes, Chris, but perverted creeps like David Letterman who are all about a cheap laugh don’t help the culture.I wonder how long he will survive as Conan at NBC starts to kick his butt in the Fall Nielsen ratings and Jay Leno eventually becomes available (after he bombs in the 10 PM slot)?
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Sarah Palin Accepts David Letterman’s Apology
I guess the Flap is over.In a statement to FOXNews.com early Tuesday, the Alaska governor said, “Of course it’s accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who ‘joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve.”
“Letterman certainly has the right to ‘joke’ about whatever he wants to, and thankfully we have the right to express our reaction,” Palin said. “This is all thanks to our U.S. Military women and men putting their lives on the line for us to secure America’s Right to Free Speech – in this case, may that right be used to promote equality and respect.”
The apology came after David Letterman took his biggest step to put the furor surrounding his jokes about Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughters behind him.
“I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I’m sorry about it and I’ll try to do better in the future,” Letterman told the studio audience.
Who benefitted?
Exit answer: BOTH
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Day By Day by Chris Muir June 12, 2009 – Contemporaries
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David Letterman Apologizes AGAIN to Sarah Palin and Her Daughters?
David Letterman apologizes to Sarah Palin and daughters, June 15, 2009So, was this another apology by David Letterman for the crude jokes he made about Sarah Palin and her daughters, Willow and Bristol?
Here is the text of the apology:
“All right, here – I’ve been thinking about this situation with Governor Palin and her family now for about a week – it was a week ago tonight, and maybe you know about it, maybe you don’t know about it. But there was a joke that I told, and I thought I was telling it about the older daughter being at Yankee Stadium. And it was kind of a coarse joke. There’s no getting around it, but I never thought it was anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure in fact that she is of legal age, 18. Yeah. But the joke really, in and of itself, can’t be defended. The next day, people are outraged. They’re angry at me because they said, ‘How could you make a lousy joke like that about the 14-year-old girl who was at the ball game?’ And I had, honestly, no idea that the 14-year-old girl, I had no idea that anybody was at the ball game except the governor and I was told at the time she was there with Rudy Giuliani … and I really should have made the joke about Rudy …†(audience applauds) “But I didn’t, and now people are getting angry and they’re saying, ‘Well, how can you say something like that about a 14-year-old girl, and does that make you feel good to make those horrible jokes about a kid who’s completely innocent, minding her own business,’ and, turns out, she was at the ball game. I had no idea she was there. So she’s now at the ball game, and people think that I made the joke about her. And, but still, I’m wondering, ‘Well, what can I do to help people understand that I would never make a joke like this?’ I’ve never made jokes like this as long as we’ve been on the air, 30 long years, and you can’t really be doing jokes like that. And I understand, of course, why people are upset. I would be upset myself.
“And then I was watching the Jim Lehrer ‘Newshour’ – this commentator, the columnist Mark Shields, was talking about how I had made this indefensible joke about the 14-year-old girl, and I thought, ‘Oh, boy, now I’m beginning to understand what the problem is here. It’s the perception rather than the intent.’ It doesn’t make any difference what my intent was, it’s the perception. And, as they say about jokes, if you have to explain the joke, it’s not a very good joke. And I’m certainly – †(audience applause) “– thank you. Well, my responsibility – I take full blame for that. I told a bad joke. I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke. It’s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault. That it was misunderstood.†(audience applauds) “Thank you. So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I’m sorry about it and I’ll try to do better in the future. Thank you very much.†(audience applause).Kind of a half-assed, lawyerized approach wouldn’t you say?
Letterman received his bump in the Nielsen ratings and now is trying to stem protests and loss of sponsors due to his outrageous jokes about the Sarah Palin daughters.
David Letterman’s comments about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters has prompted a hotel chain to pull its advertising on CBS’ website — and spawned a campaign to fire the Late Show host that includes a planned protest outside his studio.
Embassy Suites, part of the Hilton Hotels Corp., pulled advertising on CBS’ site because of complaints, company spokeswoman Kendra Walker told TVGuide.com. The company was not an advertiser on Letterman’s show.
“We received lots of e-mails from concerned guests and we assessed that the statement that he made was offensive enough to our guests and prospective guests that we elected to take the ads down,” Walker said. She declined to release the cost of the ads.
CBS declined to comment Tuesday.
I mentioned when Letterman first broadcast the New York Yankee – Alex Rodriguez “Knocked Up” joke that he had confused the Palin daughters. It was 14 year old Willow who attended the game with her mom and accompanied by Mayor Rudy Giuliani. However, it is hard to believe that Letterman does NOT have a top flight research staff and could not have easily corrected the joke directed at a minor or issue a statement within hours.
This second NON-APOLOGY lacks credibility.
So, what happens next?
- Letterman will endure some protests and lose some sponsors of his show – as will CBS. His contract will be renewed for another two years and he will NOT even be suspended.
- Sarah Palin will gain some political points by being a sympathetic figure and attention will be drawn to the media who have bashed her incessantly since she was nominated as Vice President.
- Conan O’Brien will continue to win the late night rating’s war.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir June 15, 2009 – Stand Down
Day By Day by Chris MuirAnonymous or pseudonymous bloggers are either naive or fools to think that they can keep their blog identity a secret. And, why not take responsibility for your opinions?Other bloggers disagree but in the internet world of the 24 hour news cycle, why would anyone consider opinions legitimate from someone they do not know?
Now, David Letterman – at least he has the intestinal fortitude to be “on air” and address the Sarah Palin flap.
CBS must be enjoying the increase in Nielsen ratings that Sarah Palin has provided.
Who says that Sarah cannot draw media attention?
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Does the David Letterman – Sarah Palin Flap Help Letterman in the Television Ratings?
David Letterman defends his jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughters in a seven minute segment above, June 10, 2009Sarah Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there’s a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman’s career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno’s.
Grant’s 1995 appearance on NBC’s “Tonight” show after a prostitution arrest, where Leno famously asked “what were you thinking?,” was seen in retrospect as a turning point in the late-night race. It drew a huge audience and propelled Leno to the top of the ratings, a spot he would not relinquish.
Letterman did not court last week’s battle with Palin, who called him “perverted” for making a joke about her daughter getting “knocked up” by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez, and he said in retrospect the remark was in poor taste.
Palin rebuffed his invitations to appear on the show, but that might not matter. The story had the effect of turning the attention to Letterman at a critical time, during the second week of his new competition with Leno’s replacement, Conan O’Brien.
Well, even with the new Conan O’Brien Show taking over Jay Leno’s Tonight Show spot and the Palin-Letterman Flap, Letterman still lags.
But, the TV by the numbers do show the desperation of CBS and Letterman to fight Conan O’Brien and NBC for that younger age demographic. And, why not do it with sex-laced jokes? And Ridicule?
Oh, the TV Biz…….
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Senator John McCain Defends Sarah Palin Against David Letterman’s Jokes
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Sarah and Todd Palin Respond to David Letterman’s Crude Joke About Their Daughter
Audio: Rudy Giuliani on Sarah Palin
NBC’s Early Today Bags on Sarah Palin for Calling David Letterman Pathetic As Letterman Calls Palin’s Daughter a Prostitute
Video: Letterman Stays Classy – Mocks Sarah Palin’s Daughter as “Knocked Upâ€
Sarah Palin’s Trip to New York – Updating That “SLUTTY†Flight Attendant Look
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Day By Day by Chris Muir June 13, 2009 – Letterman Asks For It
Day By Day by Chris MuirThe Sarah Palin – David Letterman Flap continues with Palin calling for Letterman to offer up an apology to women.Sarah Palin says David Letterman owes an apology to young women across the country for his joke about her daughter.
The Alaska governor appeared on NBC’s “Today” show Friday, continuing a feud with the CBS “Late Show” funnyman over his joke earlier this week that Palin’s daughter got “knocked up” by New York Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez during their recent trip to New York.
Palin also said she doesn’t believe she should be automatically considered the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.
Asked by Matt Lauer whether Letterman owed her daughter an apology, the former vice presidential candidate broadened it.
“I would like to see him apologize to young women across the country for contributing to kind of that thread that is throughout our culture that makes it sound like it is OK to talk about young girls in that way, where it’s kind of OK, accepted and funny to talk about statutory rape,” she said. “It’s not cool. It’s not funny.”
Indeed, it is NOT cool and NOT funny.
David Letterman hopes this flap blows over but I have a feeling that folks will rise up against David Letterman’s sponsors.
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Day By Day by Chris Muir June 12, 2009 – Contemporaries
The David Letterman – Sarah Palin Flap really has illustrated the hatred of the LEFT dominated MSM for conservative leaders, especially THAT CLOWN Letterman.Remember when they used to ridicule Ronald Reagan before his performance made him an American hero?
Sarah Palin went on the offensive today with an interview on NBC’s Today Show. Watch below and wonder who has come out ahead in this flap?
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Senator John McCain Defends Sarah Palin Against David Letterman’s Jokes
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and his wife Cindy (R) greets Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (3rd R) and her family after arriving at the airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota September 3, 2008
Well, this is probably as strong as the “Maverick” will go out on a limb with Letterman. Remember what Letterman did to McCain after McCain lied to him and went over to an interview with Katie Couric during last Fall’s Presidential campaign?Republican Senator John McCain has a message for late-night comic David Letterman: Enough with the jokes about Sarah Palin and her family.
“I don’t understand why Letterman would say that about a young woman,” McCain said during a telephone interview on Thursday. “They (the Palins) deserve some kind of protection from being the butt of late-night hosts.”
David Letterman was way over the top and before the sponsoirs get too hot my bet is that tonight he will formally apologize in a more direct matter. He will try to beg the Palins to attend his show.
However,, I would doubt that Sarah or Todd Palin would EVER agree to grace the stage with Letterman anytime soon.
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Video: David Letterman Defends Jokes About Sarah Palin and Her Daughters
David Letterman defends his jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughters in a seven minute segment above, June 10, 2009As I predicted David Letterman issued a weak and trite non-apology for his inappropriate attacks on Sarah Palin’s 14 year old daughter Willow which he confused with Bristol who is 19.
“We were, as we often do, making jokes about people in the news and we made some jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter [Bristol]… and now they’re upset with me…†Letterman says on tonight’s show. “These are not jokes made about her 14-year-old daughter. I would never, never make jokes about raping or having sex of any description with a 14-year-old girl…. Am I guilty of poor taste? Yes. Did I suggest that it was okay for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No.” Saying he hopes he’s “cleared part of this up,” Letterman extended an invitation to Palin to come on the show as a guest.
An invitation to appear on his show is the lamest of reparations and his cover hius ass moments above will continue to spur a call or a boycott of his show sponsors.
A few commenters have asked for a list of The David Letterman Show sponsors and contact information on where to complain.
Here you go:
CBS Telephone: 212 975-4321
Some CBS Executives E-mail addresses:
- TV.com
- CBS Interactive, Inc.
- 235 Second Street
- San Francisco, CA 94105
- Main: 415-344-2000
- support@tv.com
- On The Border Restaurants
Brinker International
6820 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, TX 75240
(972) 980-9917
Contact at:
http://www.ontheborder.com/contact/contact.asp
Phone:1-800-983-4637 - Best Western
Best Western International, Inc.
Customer Relations Department
Telephone: 1-800-528-1238
Fax: 623-780-6199
Email: customerservice@bestwestern.com
Regular Mail: PO Box 10203
Phoenix, AZ 85064
Attn: Customer Service - Intel – Website contact page: http://www.intel.com/feedback.htm?iid=ftr+contact
Corporate Mailing Address
2200 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054-1549
USA
(408) 765-8080 - CBSports.com – Contact page: http://www.cbssports.com/help/contactus/usersspeak
Headquarters
2200 West Cypress Creek Road
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Phone: (954) 351-2120 - JohnFreida.com – Contact page: http://www.johnfrieda.com/event.asp?action=entry&EventCode=jfcontact
Consumer Relations Dept
Kao Brands Company
2535 Spring Grove Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45214
Phone – 1-800-521-3189 - DiTech – Not sure if this is Ditech financial , or Ditech networks and don’t know if they are one and the same.
- Lexus – Contact info page This has their corporate address, their phone number and a link to email them – http://www.lexus.com/contact/
- Earn My Degree
WCS
157 Yesler Way Suite 200
Seattle WA
United States 98121
206-812-4653
information@worldclassstrategy.com - Lifelock
60 E Rio Salado Pkwy
Ste 400
Tempe, AZ 85281
480-682-5100
Contact page has names and email addresses of executives.
http://www.lifelock.com/about-us/about-lifelock/contact-us - Bowflex –
Nautilus, Inc.
Global Headquarters
16400 SE Nautilus Drive
Vancouver, WA 98683
1 360 859 2900
PublicRelations@nautilus.com
Contact page- http://www.bowflexrevolution.com/nautilus_incorporated/contactus.jsp?lid=Contact+Us+-+ContactUs - Mars Candy
Mars North America
100 International Drive
Mount Olive, NJ 07828
Tel:
1 973 691 3536 [Media],
1 800 627 7852 [Consumers]
Fax:1 973 691 3829
http://www.mars.com/global/News+and+Media/Media+Contacts.htm
email – form – http://www.mars.com/global/Contact+us/Media+contacts+North+America.htm - Capitol One
Capital One Financial Corporation 1
680 Capital One Drive McLean, VA 22102
1/703-720-1000 - LasikPlus
7840 Montgomery Road
Cincinnati OH 45236
Telephone: 513-792-9292
Toll-Free: 800-688-4550
Fax: 513-792-5620
Email: bkise@lca.com
Contact page- http://www.lasikplus.com/ir/contacts.html - Embassy Suites
Dawn Ray/Nancy Gearin
Embassy Suites Hotels
901-374-5954/ 901-374-6423
dawn.ray@hilton.com
nancy.gearin@hilton.com
Contact page – http://embassysuites1.hilton.com/en_US/es/customersupport/index.do - EBay
eBay Inc.
2145 Hamilton Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125
Media relations – (408) 376-7458
Contact page – http://news.ebay.com/about.cfm - ancestry.com
The Generations Network, Inc.
Attn: Customer Solutions,
360 W 4800 N Provo, UT 84604
Phone: 801-705-7000
FAX: 801-705-7001
mediarelations@ancestry.com
Contact page – http://www.myfamilyinc.com/default.aspx?html=contact - True Credit
TrueCredit
100 Cross Street, Suite 202
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
866-212-2170 (only contact number I could find)
Have at them, readers.
Hit Letterman where it hurts – in the pocketbook.
And, insist that he be suspended until he offers a heartfelt apology to the Palin family, including an “on-air” appearance by the Alaska Governor and her husband, Todd.
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Sarah and Todd Palin Respond to David Letterman’s Crude Joke About Their Daughter
From the David Letterman Show last night. David Letterman goes after Sarah Palin’s daughter, single mother 19 year old Bristol as a prostitute of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer or did he confuse Palin’s 14 year old daughter Willow who accompanied her mother on the New York trip?I had the entire Flap here earlier in the morning.
Here is the response from the Palins:
“Any ‘jokes’ about raping my 14-year-old are despicable. Alaskans know it and I believe the rest of the world knows it, too.”
– Todd Palin
“Concerning Letterman’s comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he’d ever dare make such comments about anyone else’s daughter): ‘Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands – that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone’s daughter, contribute to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.'”
– Governor Sarah Palin
I mentioned a possible boycott of CBS’ sponsors of the Letterman Show the other day and it might have some legs. But, look for some dumbass Letterman apology on a Friday night when nobody is watching to stave off a decline in ad dollars.
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