Apology Not Accepted

Letterman has apologized, Palin has accepted, but for a band of right-wing fanatics outside the Late Show studio, the battle has just begun. Lloyd Grove tells them the war is over.

Published Jun. 16 2009 7:00PM EDT

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Is David Letterman in danger of being Imus’ed?

The odds, admittedly, are extremely long that CBS Chief Executive Leslie Moonves will do to his late-night star—and, by the way, profit machine—the same thing he did to Don Imus over off-color quips about young women.

In April 2007, Moonves famously fired

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Apology Not Accepted

Letterman has apologized, Palin has accepted, but for a band of right-wing fanatics outside the Late Show studio, the battle has just begun. Lloyd Grove tells them the war is over.

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