David Letterman defeats extortionist with ‘perfect PR’

David Letterman is a public relations genius — a guru practically, or so says an Associated Content article. How did Letterman reach this exulted level of PR-dom? “By using textbook public relations skills to admit, yes, he had sex with several women that worked for him and, yes, he was being blackmailed because of it,” Associated Content’s Cassandra James wrote. “During his short monologue, David Letterman showed what a public relations master he is…

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