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From the CNN article.
"Byrd, a first-rate orator, took to the Senate floor recently to berate network executives for their plans to air a program that would show Appalachian natives adjusting to life in ritzy Southern California.
The Democrat said such a program would perpetuate stereotypes that Appalachian people are "dim-witted, barefooted hillbillies."
He had another suggestion for a television series.
"We could take highly paid, well-groomed television network executives and relocate them to the sticks, where they'd have to try to find a job with health care and pension benefits and enough pay to support a family, and adjust to everyday life in rural America," Byrd said. "Now that would be funny."
Not a bad idea.
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