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Of which the Farrakhan invitation, by the way, is an example.
Yes. This refers to the group that calls itself “Fairness in Media”, with Senator Jesse Helms behind it. And if I've read correctly, there's a study group that is an arm of it. I think it's called The Pioneer Group, which is reported to be investigating whether there's a genetic basis for--
Inferiority?
Inferiority, poor test scores, educational results, and so forth.
And they are examples of genetic bases of superiority obviously?
Yes. And then, of course, now “Fairness in Media” said it was going to try to take over CBS to change what it termed the liberal bias.
And to get Dan Rather out. [Laughter] Dan Rather should be very, very complimented.
Do you see these efforts and the overall effort of Jesse Helms-- the national effort of Jesse Helms-- as a real threat, or
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