A Grown-Up Kid Makes Some TV Requests - Frazier Moore- AP

[AmericanErrorist]

...First, how about one of those cool new Bill O'Reilly Christmas Under Seige talking dolls? The one where you say "Happy holidays!" and it erupts with an angry comeback. (I especially like when it sputters, "I am not going to let oppressive, totalitarian, anti-Christian forces in this country diminish and denigrate the holiday and the celebration!")...

...Well, that was the easy part. Also, Santa, could you bring me a new FCC? My old one's on the blink.

The Federal Communications Commission, you know, is the government agency that regulates TV and radio stations. It's run by a five-member board that, in recent years, hasn't been as focused on the interests of ordinary citizens as much as the huge-and-getting-huger media companies.

That makes me sad, Santa. The FCC should be operating in the public's behalf, since the airwaves that carry broadcast programming are publicly owned. That's right, Santa! The air you and your eight tiny reindeer will be flying through across the U.S. is a public resource, not private property...

... Finally, Santa, I'd like to ask you this: When will the folks who oversee public broadcasting stop asking "Is it too liberal or too conservative?" And start asking "Is it distinctive and really good?"

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