Strange Bedfellows
“I worked for NBC for many years. And what I know from my previous career has given me reason to be concerned—let me rephrase that, very concerned—about the potential merger of Comcast and NBC Universal. The media are our source of entertainment, but they’re also the way we get our information about the world. So when the same company that produces the programs runs the pipes that bring us those programs, we have a reason to be nervous.”
—Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Senate Judiciary Hearing, 2/11/2010
Editor’s Note: But the SNL-Senate combo is a good fit.
WEIRD MERGERS—Dennis Miller and (now-U.S. Sen.) Al Franken merge news with Saturday Night Live in the 1970s. (Photo: Owen Franken/Corbis)Today’s Wish-I-Were-Here Photo: Hockomock Head Lighthouse, Maine
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