Bloodshot Eye
The Tiffany Network is looking pretty tarnished today.
First, the left one got blackened:
A New York court on Tuesday dismissed Dan Rather’s $70 million breach of contract lawsuit against CBS Corp., noting that the network continued to pay the anchor $6 million a year even after he left the evening news broadcast.
Rather sued CBS and its top executives in 2007, claiming he had been removed from his “CBS Evening News” anchor post over a report that examined President George W. Bush’s military service.
The Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court — New York’s trial-level court — said the complaint “must be dismissed in its entirety.”
As must Dan himself, and everything he says.
But for every left jab, there is usually a right cross:
“This morning, I did something I’ve never done in my life,” Letterman said on Thursday’s edition of CBS’ “Late Show.” “I had to go downtown and testify before a grand jury.”
As part of the testimony, Letterman admitted that he had engaged in sexual relationships with staff members.
“My response to that is, yes I have. Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would,” Letterman said. “I feel like I need to protect these people — I need to certainly protect my family.”
Hey, maybe Leno has sex with animals, but I doubt it (though if it would make me any money to say so, I’d buy a megaphone).
I just wonder how hard we’re supposed to laugh at his next top-ten list about some politician’s sexual escapade—or over his next tasteless joke about an underage daughter of a Vice Presidential candidate getting knocked up by a baseball player. As we’re learning over the Polanski affair, the Left has a sliding moral scale.
Saul Levy said,
October 2, 2009 @ 8:09 am
They’re just following Whoopi Goldberg, our new moral compass!
Seems that Letterman can’t keep it in his WorldWide Pants!
I don’t watch that fool! He’s not funny…
Carol said,
October 2, 2009 @ 8:19 am
It’s too bad that someone tried extortion on him rather than a sexual harrassment suit. The “pay or play” pressure would have been assumed in this situation, so any plaintiff could have gotten away with some reasonable amount of money, and no one would have gone to jail. Plus, as an extra added bonus, Letterman could have been made to look like the doofus he is many times over.