Why is the latest letterman top 10 list receiving backlash?”
NEW YORK (AP) — 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.” Letter
Blogs are on fire over David Letterman comments on CBS’ “Late Show” on Monday night about Sarah Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska who ran for vice president last year. Letterman devoted his top 10 list to her visit to New York and included this: “Bought makeup from Bloomingdale’s to update her ‘slutty flight attendant’ look.” He also made a comment in his opening monologue that CBS censored: “One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.” The daughter who attended the Yankees game was Willow Palin, 14. The remark was aired live, but CBS removed it from the transcript it makes available to media, including the New York Times, which publishes Letterman’s opening monologue on its blog site. Letterman’s remarks are being called sexist and insensitive. Conservatives believe the media have a double standard that works against Palin. As one posted on
Blogs are on fire over David Letterman comments on CBS’ “Late Show” on Monday night about Sarah Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska who ran for vice president last year. Letterman devoted his top 10 list to her visit to New York and included this: “Bought makeup from Bloomingdale’s to update her ‘slutty flight attendant’ look.” He also made a comment in his opening monologue that CBS censored: “One awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game, during the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez.” The daughter who attended the Yankees game was Willow Palin, 14. Letterman’s remarks are being called sexist and insensitive. Conservatives believe the media have a double standard that works against Palin.
