For our third assignment i decided to choose David Letterman's apology towards the Palin family. The incident happened around June of 2009 where Letterman made several jokes about Sarah Palin and her daughter at a Yankees game. Unfortunately Letterman mistakenly thought the daughter at the game was 18 year old Bristol but ended up being Palin's other daughter, 14 year old Willow. After the jokes letterman was called a "child molester", "child rapist", and other foul names.
I chose Letterman's apology because of his apology style. Letterman's first TV apology was more of him trying to defend himself and not focusing on the apology aspect. All though Letterman messed up on his first apology, Letterman's second TV apology was more straight forward and sympathetic.
Letterman's First TV Apology
Letterman's Second TV Apology
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I definately agree with you David Letterman's apology is way more defensive rather then apologetic. It seems that he just did the apology for the public to be at ease yet he didnt really seem sincere at all. It shouldn't have to take two apologies to get the message across.
ReplyDeleteI like your choice for the apology essay. Good choice. I agree with you in a sense that David Letterman's apology is very combative rather than that he is truly sorry. David Letterman's apologies are pretty weak. Good post!
ReplyDeleteWho wants to have an affair with Letterman? Anyway, I like this post. It should be interesting what you find in terms of references.
ReplyDeleteNice choice for the incident. It should allow you to give some deep analysis. I can see why he would be defensive; being accused of anything pedophilia related at all must be nightmarish. Looks like he should've done a little more research before making those comments!
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