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" Last night, David Letterman spent some time addressing audiences near and far about a crude remark he made last week in which he referred to Sarah Palin and her daughter\u2013who he joked was &amp;quot;knocked up&amp;quot; by a New York Yankees player. For that, he apologized to the governor and her family in these words, as pulled from USAToday.com. &amp;quot;I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke. It&amp;#039;s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it&amp;#039;s my fault. That it was misunderstood.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I&amp;#039;m sorry about it and I&amp;#039;ll try to do better in the future. Thank you very much.&amp;quot; But it seems the media hasn&amp;#039;t backed down\u2013and are rallying for a Don Imus-like firing. They&amp;#039;ve even started a website called firedavidletterman.com, which notes a mission statement of &amp;quot;David Letterman Must Be Held Accountable For His Disgraceful Statements&amp;quot;\u2013believing that CBS should at least suspend him for a little bit. Should the media be able to speak freely without being punished, or should they be held to a strict standard of objective reporting? Discuss! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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