Didn't people used to get "Tarred-and-Feathered" and/or hung over such things?
TV networks are missing out on a giant revenue stream. Pay-per-View politician punishments.
Just imagine the number of sitting federal, state, and local politicians that would be jumping ship ASAP if the media's new job was to hunt down corruption so as to be able to televise and monetize the public punishments........
The "environmentally conscious" who'd prefer not to be covered in oil (fossil fuel) could instead be covered in honey but instead of feathers, they then get covered in ants.
