Tuesday, March 14, 2006

To laugh, or to cry constantly

When it comes to late night TV, I've always been a Letterman guy over Leno. (I know what you're thinking: "Jojo, you can't possibly be up that late!" I am. I'm an insomniac.)

But this article about Jay Leno apologizing hit home.

Many times when doing a radio show that is topical in nature I have said things that I wished I hadn't. They felt right at the time, and I was going for the laugh. 99.9 percent of you cut me some slack, maybe chuckle or cringe and move on. But when you get a letter from someone who was immediately impacted by the event you're commenting on, it can be soul crushing, even though your intent my not be evil.

When you're just looking for a laugh, to lighten up the bad news of the day, should you have to apologize? I'm curious as to what you think?

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