Posted on 06/11/2009 4:33:58 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
Letterman voted into NOW Hall of Shame: After two nights of "jokes" at the expense of Palin and her family, Letterman tried to explain himself and offer something of an apology. On his June 10 show, Letterman said he was referring to Palin's 18-year-old daughter, Bristol -- not the 14-year-old daughter who actually accompanied Palin on her New York trip. Letterman said "I recognize that these are ugly" jokes. NOW agrees. Comedians in search of a laugh should really know better than to snicker about men having sex with teenage girls (or young women) less than half their age.
The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days -- it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves. Letterman also joked about what he called Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" -- yet another example of how the media love to focus on a woman politician's appearance, especially as it relates to her sexual appeal to men. Someone of Letterman's stature, who appears on what used to be known as "the Tiffany Network" (CBS), should be above wallowing in the juvenile, sexist mud that other comedians and broadcasters seem to prefer.
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The sexualization of girls and women in the media is reaching new lows these days -- it is exploitative and has a negative effect on how all women and girls are perceived and how they view themselves. Letterman also joked about what he called Palin's "slutty flight attendant look" -- yet another example of how the media love to focus on a woman politician's appearance, especially as it relates to her sexual appeal to men. Someone of Letterman's stature, who appears on what used to be known as "the Tiffany Network" (CBS), should be above wallowing in the juvenile, sexist mud that other comedians and broadcasters seem to prefer.
Is this satire?
I never thought I’d see the day.
Thank you NOW!
I’m surprised.
When did hell freeze over?
If you wouldn’t have provided the link, I wouldn’t have believed it was real. Shocking.
Everyone write drudge to post this.
Huh? Is this another Letterman we're talking about or Dave, the perv?
Until they trashed Rush Limbaugh at the end of the article.
What does this have to do with abortion?
According to the National Weather Service, Hell just had a cold snap.
Wow, NOW was shamed into defending a conservative.
“When did hell freeze over?”
When Hillary lost in the primary. Remember, many of the women who supported Hillary felt betrayed by the DNC “good old boys” and switched their allegiance to Palin.
We need a Photoshopped phot of Dave’s head on the body of a trenchcoat-wearing pervoid.
Wow - I never thought I’d see the day.....amazing - I almost fell out of my chair reading this one...
A bj to BJC in the side office from the intern didn’t bother them !
Is this true? Knock me over with a feather...
Hell is freezing over ... surely it is the end of global warming.
Yep, I can believe that Letterman was referring to the “other” daughter who wasn’t anywhere near the subject matter of the joke...
Then again, maybe I don’t.
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