Obviously this’d never happen in Britain would it? Well not quite the same. Although if a government’s feeling really vindictive, they can see to it that you lose your licence altogether.
CBS have made a mini-series about The Reagans to run in one of the all-important sweeps weeks in the US. But the Republicans have been up in arms about it misrepresenting the Reagans, and they’ve mounted a heated debate.
It seems that CBS have backed down, since they’re palming the entire venture onto the cable channel Showtime – and we’re talking about something that was due to start in less than two weeks’ time.