Oops! Station almost lops off drug frame-up

The Fox affiliate in Cincinnati decided to play God again, this time by lopping off the opening theme of 'Cops' last night with commercials. It's unclear why, because the run-of-the-mill high school basketball game that was on before it ended before 'Cops' began (barely).

Admittedly unusual for a progressive populist, I dig the 'Cops' TV series. Well, I dig most of it except the bogus drug raids. And last night, the first segment of the 8 PM episode was another obvious frame-up, in which police set up a man by mailing pot to him.

It's kind of ironic that Channel 19's attempt to walk all over 'Cops' almost deprived viewers of seeing the police walk all over someone's rights. Like a moral panic type suing a rich entertainment corporation, it's another wingnut-versus-wingnut conflict, if you will.