On October 5, 2009
Letterman’s Scandal Will Blow Over, Just Like All the Others
OK, let’s get this David Letterman “sextortion” plot out of the way, surely the strangest permutation in the currently heated stew that is the late-night talk show wars. Except for the confession itself, the whole thing was most bizarrely depicted in the way it played out in The New York Times on Friday. Tucked into space just under a story headlined: “‘Late Show’ Ratings Surpass ‘Tonight’ by Wide Margin” was this: “Letterman Reveals Extortion Attempt Over His Affairs.” Wow. Talk about it being the best of times and the worst of times. However, now that the shock from the scandal itself has subsided, follow-up stories have fallen into the usual, not very enlightened, pattern of questioning Letterman’s ratings future or…
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