15 January 2000 - drugs are a TV show

In further television ethics news, network executives denied knuckling under to government pressure to convey an anti-drug message in popular TV shows. “Product placement is what free speech is all about,” explained ABC vice president Julie Hoover. “South American cartels get equal consideration.”

Fearful of public backlash, the Clinton Administration took a different tack. “I don’t know what we were on when we came up with that one,” said a White House spokesfreak, “but I want some more. Darn memory loss!”