Last night's episode of John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" on public media and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the United States moved me multiple times, most of all with the 1969 clip of Fred Rogers testifying to Congress about the purpose of "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" as part of a hearing on continuing funding for the CPB. That was early in the show, but shortly before that was another clip that struck me: President Lyndon B. Johnson's statement about the passing of the Public Broadcasting Act. He was clear, coherent, and cogent as he explained the purpose of the law—in stark contrast to his contemporary successor's incoherence, resentment, and pettiness. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 17 November 2025)