I’m going to describe a situation to you, and I’d like to see waht you think of this.

ABC planned to show the movie Saving Private Ryan tonight. It’s Veteran’s Day, and that movie is an excellent tribute to the sacrifice made by those who fought in WWII. Now, several stations across the country decided not to air it, for fear of fines from the FCC.

Fair enough.

Here in Austin, KVUE decided not to air the movie. The station’s line is that they petitioned the network to air the movie beginning at 9, but the network refused. So, the station decided to show other programming. From 7 to 8, they showed an episode of Oprah. From 8 to 10, they are showing Lethal Weapon 3.

Go ahead and reread that. They are broadcasting Lethal Weapon 3.

I know I’m cynical and I know that they had to show something. But Lethal Weapon 3? That right there is the definition of hypocrisy.

I swear, we live in a world of fuckin’ idiots.

Out.

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