David Letterman, Jay Leno or ...?
David Letterman had a crazy life, do you wish to have his life? I don't. Mostly because I do not have TV at home.
- Re: who is your favorite talk-show host?David Letterman?posted on 11/13/2009
Hands down Letterman.
But if both are on, I probably will tune in on The Colbert Report. He is just too hilarious. - posted on 11/13/2009
提起letterman,是因为他上个月的那个案子。如果多年前,克林顿有Letterman处理危机的智慧,就不至于被一个intern搞得那样惨,民主党也不会败给共和党,bush也难上台,美国也不会被折腾成今天这个样子。美国被自己矛盾的价值观搞得四分五裂。这个道德伦理上的裂痕,值得探究。
基于新教伦理的美国价值观在对待“婚外情”上处境尴尬。克林顿当时的案件,其实可以成为树立新的伦理宗教,松缓司法缰绳的契机,用新的宗教道德来“和谐”他的屡次婚外情事件。可惜他没有君王风度,对待 Lewinsky 以及之前的婚外恋指控都太小人,太缺乏勇气。他如果能让那些女人全部都死心塌地,为他奉献,那才是君王风采,君王该无所畏惧。
Clinton当年还是不够冷静,当时也许会有更好的处理办法。Letterman这件事情处理得高妙。那个敲诈者是在CBS工作了30年的“老员工”。
Letterman的老婆很厉害。Letterman的成功都是靠她,让人羡慕的一对人。克林顿两口子也让人羡慕。
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On his October 1, 2009 show, Letterman announced that he had been the victim of an extortion attempt by someone threatening to reveal that he had had sex with more than one of his female employees. He confirmed the relationships.[53][54]
Letterman stated that three weeks earlier (on September 9, 2009) someone had left a package in his car with material he said he would write into a screenplay and a book if Letterman did not pay him $2 million. Letterman said that he contacted the Manhattan District Attorney's office, ultimately cooperating with them to conduct a sting operation involving giving the man a phony check.[55] The alleged extortionist, Robert J. "Joe" Halderman, was subsequently arrested after trying to cash the check.[56]
Halderman was a television journalist with CBS News for thirty years, and at the time of his arrest a producer of the CBS true crime journalism series 48 Hours.[57] Halderman was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury[58] and pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempted grand larceny on October 2, 2009.[57]
Letterman acknowledged in grand jury testimony that he had affairs with staff. He did not name them during his October 1 monologue.
Stephanie Birkitt, one of Letterman's assistants who has been linked romantically to Letterman, had previously been a member of the CBS page program, and had worked as an intern for both Letterman's show and for 48 Hours before joining Letterman's staff.[59] Birkett had until recently lived with Halderman,[60][61][62][63][64][65] who is alleged to have copied Birkitt's personal diary and to have used it, along with private emails, in the blackmail package.[66]
On October 3, 2009, a former CBS employee, Holly Hester, announced that she and Letterman had engaged in a year-long "secret" affair in the early 1990s while she was his intern and a student at New York University.[67][68]
In the days following the initial announcement of the affairs and the arrest, several prominent women, including Kathie Lee Gifford, co-host of NBC's Today Show, and NBC news anchor Ann Curry questioned whether Letterman's affairs with subordinates created an unfair working environment.[69] A spokesman for Worldwide Pants, Letterman's production company, said the company's sexual harassment policy did not prohibit sexual relationships between managers and employees.[70] According to business news reporter Eve Tahmincioglu, "CBS suppliers are supposed to follow the company's business conduct policies" and the CBS 2008 Business Conduct Statement states that “If a consenting romantic or sexual relationship between a supervisor and a direct or indirect subordinate should develop, CBS requires the supervisor to disclose this information to his or her Company’s Human Resources Department...."[71]
On his October 5 show, Letterman devoted a segment to a public apology to his wife and staff.[72][73] On October 8, 2009, Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants announced that Birkitt had been placed on a "paid leave of absence" from the Late Show. [74] On October 15, CBS News announced that the company's Chief Investigative Correspondent, Armen Keteyian, had been assigned to conduct an "in-depth investigation" into Halderman's alleged blackmail of Letterman.[75] - Re: who is your favorite talk-show host?David Letterman?posted on 11/13/2009
maya wrote:
David Letterman, Jay Leno or ...?
David Letterman had a crazy life, do you wish to have his life? I don't. Mostly because I do not have TV at home.
现在不常看了,觉得Letterman和Leno各有千秋吧。不过此事一出,Leno要保住收视率,可能也得自我炮制一点PG-33的猛料了:) - Re: who is your favorite talk-show host?David Letterman?posted on 11/13/2009
David Letterman的现场去过几回。现在,咱电视都不看了,管他猛料还是
什么的。
民主党下台,也许是气数,不是两党轮流执政么?
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