Can Paramount "gift" its way past the FCC?

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  Oylan, I'm so proud of myself.

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  I just won the top prize at Ring Toss.

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  Oh, is that why you're holding this giant teddy bear, Darian?

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  No, I just brought this one from home.

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  But what I did win was a subscription to the Indicator newsletter.

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  Oh, congratulations.

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  That's very exciting.

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  You can sign up too at npr.org slash Indicator Newsletter.

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  NPR.

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  In these divided times, it feels rare to find something most Americans can agree on.

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  But apparently most do agree on this.

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  Quote, the federal government is corrupt.

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  Yeah, according to a survey by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service,

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  two thirds of Americans agree with that statement.

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  Honestly, kind of surprised it's not higher.

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  Holding hands across the aisle in shared disgust of corruption.

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  Yeah, and given such low levels of trust in our government, you might think that our public servants,

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  especially the leaders at the very top of our institutions, would do everything they can to avoid damaging

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  that trust any further, to avoid even the appearance of corruption or conflicts of interest.

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  Well, in the example we're focusing on today, you would be wrong.

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