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Salon.com Slams Final Letterman Shows as being "Unbearably White"
Pundit Press ^ | 5/21/15 | Aurelius

Posted on 05/21/2015 7:12:59 AM PDT by rightistight

Salon.com is happy to see David Letterman go. Not because they think he was unfunny, but because he had too many white people on his show, particularly in its final days.

In an article titled, "The unbearable whiteness of the Letterman farewells: Let this truly be the end of a show-business era," Salon took Letterman to task for inviting white actors and actresses on his final shows, but few minorities.

"You'd never know" that American culture has a large minority presence, Salon author Scott Timberg writes.

Referencing the last few shows before Letterman left the air, Timberg writes, "Some of the heavy hitters so far on the walk down memory lane have included Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bob Dylan, George Clooney, Don Rickles, Ryan Adams, Adam Sandler, Tom Waits, Howard Stern and Bill Clinton."

He then asks, "But what’s missing from this list?" The answer: minorities, specifically African Americans.

"Anyone who’s watched a movie or television show or been to a comedy club knows there been a deep and rich lineage of African-American humor," Timberg notes.

(Excerpt) Read more at punditpress.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
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To: rightistight

Salon is unbearably queer.


21 posted on 05/21/2015 7:35:42 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (BeThe Keystone Pipe lik ProjectR : build it already Congre)
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To: DH

Now, to put it in proper victimology terms,
is that an “underrepresentation” among the law-abiding,
or a “disparate impact” of the law?


22 posted on 05/21/2015 7:35:49 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

White and Christian is the new Jew.


23 posted on 05/21/2015 7:37:23 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist (BeThe Keystone Pipe lik ProjectR : build it already Congre)
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To: rightistight

The best part about the show was that it was the FINAL one.


24 posted on 05/21/2015 7:37:25 AM PDT by Mich Patriot (Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown were judged by the content of their character.)
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To: rightistight

Besides the War on Women (which is really what Hillary has waged on those who could cause trouble for her rapist husband) and the War on Terror (but we must not say Muslim) is another one which I will finally name and to which I will give initials - WOWE. Yep, pronounced “wowwy” -— the War on White Europeans.

Our strength is our diversity is a total load of crap. Our strength is Christianity, the Constitution, individual freedom, and individual initiative. Today’s OTWs (other than Whites) do not care about joining our culture and being part of the melting pot. They want to destroy it.


25 posted on 05/21/2015 7:38:26 AM PDT by doug from upland (Obama and the leftists - destroying our country one day at a time)
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To: rightistight

If I want to watch a truly funny show I watch Gilligan’s Island reruns. Talk about white!


26 posted on 05/21/2015 7:38:55 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
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To: treetopsandroofs
He’s been a dutiful leftist freak hack since at least Election 2000.

With all the hoopla about Letterman leaving I was thinking the same thing. All of them - Hollywood, the comedians, 'anybody who's anybody, the rappers, most TV, the MSM, the 'celebs' - all of them have infected, demeaned and poisoned the culture and have promoted lib politicians. They gave us the Clintons and Obama.

Now, how to Right the Ship of State? Education is the key and hopefully more conservative TV shows, talk radio and parents talking with their kids + people have to start reading again! Especially Free Republic!

27 posted on 05/21/2015 7:46:35 AM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: rightistight

Maybe Dave was worried ,That a Riot might Break Out.


28 posted on 05/21/2015 7:46:52 AM PDT by chatham
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To: rightistight

I wouldn’t know I see people as people and not just the color of their skin.
Also, there is no chance I would watch that philandering, talent-less, communist.


29 posted on 05/21/2015 7:51:15 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: rightistight

This article was even too much for many dedicated Salon readers. The comments section was filled with liberal-identified people who suggested Timberg should stick his column where the sun don’t shine. Hopefully many libs are finally getting sick of the constant p.c. garbage by the leftist media.


30 posted on 05/21/2015 8:02:39 AM PDT by driftless2
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To: rightistight

The left loves to divide people into groups and then set the groups warring with each other.
The last thing the left wants is a country where everyone lives side by side without strife.


31 posted on 05/21/2015 8:32:50 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: rightistight

If I’m not mistaken, Salon.com is unbearably white, but only to Communist white people who hate all non-Communist white people.


32 posted on 05/21/2015 8:35:49 AM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: rightistight

I heard Chris Rock was going to be there, doesn’t he count?


33 posted on 05/21/2015 8:42:38 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
Chris Rock was on the show. Letterman had 10 "stars" read one of the items on the top ten list. I think Chris Rock had number 5. The top ten list was "things I always wanted to say to dave". #5 by chris rock was something like "Why is your replacement another white guy?"
34 posted on 05/21/2015 8:53:25 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: Psalm 73

Yeah, freakin’ porch honkies!


35 posted on 05/21/2015 8:55:32 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote
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To: Boogieman
Full disclosure.... I used to really like to watch Letterman. Years ago. Wife and I even went to see a show when we were in NYC. But I haven't watched much in the last several years. I agree that he's a cranky old liberal these days. I did watch the last 3 or 4 shows.

He has had the best band around BTW.....

36 posted on 05/21/2015 8:56:04 AM PDT by kjam22 (my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
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To: treetopsandroofs

Just a few days before, Salon also published a list of “11 times David Letterman humiliated the right.” So, he’s still part of the club, even if his finale was lily-white.

However, a few writers—including one at the Washington Post—pointed out the 800-pound gorilla at Letterman’s goodbye party: he was one of the biggest failures in the history of TV:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/05/20/david-letterman-the-biggest-loser-in-tv-history/

Similar thoughts from this guy: http://formerspook.blogspot.com/2015/05/so-long-letterman.html

And John Nolte at Breitbart: http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2015/05/20/after-losing-to-jay-leno-david-lettermans-bitterness-cost-him-his-indiana-soul/

David Letterman became a wealthy man by doing a lousy show that pandered to the Hollywood, entertainment and political elites. He demonstrated (once again) that if you’re protected by those classes, you can have a long and profitable career. By any objective measure, CBS should have dumped Letterman years ago, but he was “one of their own,” figuratively and literally.


37 posted on 05/21/2015 9:00:24 AM PDT by ExNewsExSpook
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To: ExNewsExSpook

Thanks very much. Your second link at least dared to talk about his horrific treatment of women, somehow a big POSITIVE for leftist freaks.

I enjoyed his Top 10, Chris Elliot and Stupid Pet Tricks skits until he went Big Politics in 2000, and never watched the POS dirt bag again.


38 posted on 05/21/2015 9:09:46 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: rightistight

Would have thought he’d have Darlene Love


39 posted on 05/21/2015 9:13:28 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: rightistight

Letterman is unbearably unfunny and uber-liberal. I can’t stand to see him or listen to him. Good riddance, but I doubt his replacement will be much better. I haven’t watched that much late night TV since Johnny Carson retired.


40 posted on 05/21/2015 9:13:28 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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