This is public notice for media watchdog groups: It's officially time to chill.

Sure, you caught Sue Simmons cursing, and protected your children's blessed ears from hearing repeats of Jane Fonda saying the C-word, but now look what you've done.

Allison Payne, a correspondent for Tribune's Chicago station WGN, was forced to make a public apology this weekend for slurring her speech during last week's broadcast, after viewers called in complaining that she was drunk on the air, and various media reported the claims.

It would've been a legitimate qualm, except:

Payne is actually recovering from several mini-strokes that had left her out of commission earlier in the year. That doesn't mean that she necessarily wasn't drunk, just that she gets a free pass to do whatever she damn well pleases on-air from now on. This includes wondering what the fuck you're doing.