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'Stars & Stripes' Not Forever ?

Ideologues should be careful what they wish for lest they become what they bemoan.

Some people just like to pick a fight, especially when their ideology rules their id.

Wanting to keep up and get down with Generation Facebook, I innocently posted on my FB page an online radio aggregator my friend Jared Feinberg tuned me into -- tunein.com.

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The first station I happened to select -- and which was displayed on the FB post -- is WNYC, the flagship public radio station in New York City. Innocuous enough, right?

But nooooooooooooooooooooo! Not for one Mr. Francis "Frank" McVetty, roving rogue prince of online dyspepsia and commentary (and a very friendly, engaging acquaintance of mine).

He couldn't stop himself from commenting on my post, "Why is the government in the BROADCASTING business?" (all caps HIS)

I replied that my friend Frank really is asking why the government is in the MEDIA business?

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