In my brand new memoir, Audition: A Memoir (Knopf, $29.95), I recall my long, illustrious journey to the pinnacle of broadcast journalism. However, it wasn't my glamorous, ground-breaking career that caused a ferocious media frenzy. It wasn’t the fact that I was the first female co-anchor of a network newscast. No. It was my clandestine affair with a married black Senator.

Let's face it: All us white folks are ashamed of the behavior of our ancestors in the Deep South. Slavery is the most regretful crime in American history. When I spent time with the gifted Senator, I must admit I felt the tables were turned. In some secret part of me, I felt that our coupling was bigger than the two of us: I was performing on behalf of the American people, and justice was being served. It was retribution of the most personal, palpable kind.

I have had, at various points in my public life, a similar satisfaction with lovers of Hispanic descent, Asian descent, the Pentecostal faith, and those making less than $40,000 a year.

Because of the headlines my personal proclamation made, I'm extremely glad I did not give in to my publisher who encouraged me to detail the torrid affairs I enjoyed with the following: 

• Fidel Castro
• Mike Wallace
• Chris Wallace
• Boris Yeltsin
• Boris Karloff
• Nipsey Russell
• Bob Barker
• Burt Reynolds
• Ernie Hudson
• Wilford Brimley
• Ethel Merman
• Chiang Kai-shek
• Bozo the Clown
• Luciano Pavarotti
• Judge Wapner
• Larry Fortensky
• Menachem Begin
• Carl Sagan
• Jerry Van Dyke
• The Dalai Lama

I will save those stories for Audition: Part II. Until then, please buy my memoir, Audition: A Memoir (Knopf, $29.95) and take a little time to enjoy the Jew.