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ae . Abbott Howard Hoffman } * people and getting them all messed up and what they think their values are and everything. And we had a very interesting rap for about five minutes and then you recall at the end af the show, Merv says,Well we may have said oo some critical things about broadcasting but we gotta hand ae it to them for letting us say them, Now, I don't think we Co have to hand it to them for letting us say them because after all (unintelligible) you're not supposed to be (unintelligible) ~~ | to let us say them, But in any event the really funny thing is that you didn't hear it, that five minute rap about the . commercial stuff. Although we did hear his little commercial for CBS about how courageous it was to let ue say the things that in fact CBS censored out on the show. 7 Abbie Hoffman; The day after the flag incident, I called up Merv and I asked him,"yow could you do a thing like that/'and he said,"Wll listen,Abbie, if we had shown that shirt, the FCC C would have revoked our license” and......it was so strange I... I had the feeling thinking that CBS has in fact the power to revoke the FCC's license (unintelligible) how could the Government? I mean and....and here was Merv (uninteliigibie) a: like the WXYZ in Podunk (phonetic), Illinois. I mean it's a...es. — maybe I should ask Bill that because he sits outside of it... is it possible on television to say make the selling of General Motor?YouVvVe semthe selling of the Pentagon, you see one a year. — Bill Greeley: One a year. It's...it's the one mistake a year #( ANd weees : _ Abbie Hoffman: It it possible to see the selling of General Motors? Bill Greeley: . No, I would say no. Abbie Hoffman: Even if the (unintelligible) didn't produce it? Bill Greeley: They would sponsor.......well, if 1% was an upbeat -9-