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Sarah Palin accepts David Letterman's apology
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-17 09:04 And ranking No. 8: "We should have done this years ago." Brent Bozell, president of the conservative watchdog Media Research Center, called Letterman's apology the night before "slippery and Clintonian." Although Bristol, an unwed mother, was the target of his joke, Letterman didn't name her when it was originally made on June 8. It was "a coarse joke," "a bad joke," Letterman told viewers. "But I never thought it was (about) anybody other than the older daughter, and before the show, I checked to make sure, in fact, that she is of legal age, 18." "The joke, really, in and of itself, can't be defended," he declared. If there's a misconception that he was making the joke about a 14-year-old, Letterman said he understands why people are upset. "I would be upset myself," he said. "I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke," he said. "It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault that it was misunderstood." Letterman made several references to the issue during his monologue, introducing himself as "Dave Letterman, good will ambassador." He said he got a call from his mother earlier in the day telling him she was siding with Palin. When he began a joke about Bernard Madoff, whom he called "the most hated man in America," he then amended that to a list of two. "Me, Bernie Madoff," he said. "He was way out in front until a couple of days ago." |
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