I know I'm late to the party on this one ( I was out of town during this entire brouhaha ), but I want to chime in with two things:
1. I so agree with Wesley: you never lose by being more magnanimous, especially in television. Television is an intimate medium in many respects, and when the person you invite into your home on a daily basis has the class to properly apologize to someone he's slighted, it can only make him look better, not worse, and not a "pile of goo," or whatever Kevin called him. I'm not a Palin fan, I agree that the joke was not that offensive, but as a parent, if I said something about a young girl that could be interpreted as offensive to the girl's parent, I'd apologize, unreservedly. Saying offensive things about young kids is never classy-I don't care if the kid has been pimped out by their parents to trumpet family values or whatever. It's just not cool. It doesn't lessen Dave's so-called "maverick" status in my eyes, mostly because I think he pretty much gave that title up when he moved to 11:30pm. 2. Olbermann made hay with Palin's response to Dave's apology, taking her to task for again misunderstanding what freedom of speech really means in our country: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677#31396154 That is all. KR --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
