Oh, the Horror!

WASHINGTON, DC—As the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of the Super Bowl XXXVIII tragedy, an FCC study shows that millions of U.S. children were severely traumatized by the exposure to a partially nude female breast during the Feb. 1, 2004 halftime show.

"No one who lived through that day is likely to forget the horror," said noted child therapist Dr. Eli Wasserbaum. "But it was especially hard on the children."

It is interesting to see the contrasting incentives between the private economy and the government-owned economy. The private cable tv stations maximise their capital by catering to those willing to pay the most- frequently those who like sexual themes- while the politicized portion of the economy (remember that the US Government owns the broadcast spectra) maximizes political capital by catering to voters in ways which reduce its economic capital and creates social conflict.

The obvious way to reduce the conflict would involve selling the broadcast spectra to the highest bidders and get the government entirely out of that portion of the economy. I suspect that would be way too capitalist a solution tho, so I won't hold my breath.

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4104