Singing FCC Wonks Lampoon Digital TV

I always admire folks with the guts to make fun of their boss in public, and doubly so when the employer is as dysfunctional as the Federal Communication Commission. So a belated tip of the homburg to The Singing Regulators, a group of 12 FCC staffers who have been enlivening regulatory hearing audiences with topical remakes of Christmas carols. Their latest opus, to the tune of "Away in a Manger," lampoons the national lurch into digital TV:

Away in a farm house, no show can I see.
I lost all my coupons to get DTV.lire la suite

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