Morgan At Large: LETTERMAN - Just Another Great American Hero

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The only story about David Letterman’s defection to CBS that’s not suffering from overkill is why the story was so big in the first place. Until this week, it commanded more attention – outside the Beltway, anyway – than the Inauguration. And as a saga that began 19 months ago, when NBC picked Jay Leno over Letterman to succeed Johnny Carson on The T.
The sustained drama served up more references to ‘top 10’ lists and ‘stupid pet tricks’ than a media consumer should have to bear.

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