Shut up and sing

Free speech isn't always popular but it is what makes us the country we are. NBC's latest refusal to advertise a movie about a performer's right to free speech is shameful.

Criticizing the president isn't anything new on television. Certainly Norman Lear's All in the family lambasted Mr. Nixon often enough. So much so that

The then-current US President Richard Nixon can be heard discussing the show on one of the infamous White House tapes; not surprisingly, he was not a fan

Were we that much more open minded in the 70's than we are today?