'Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right...'

摘要

The song "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealer's Wheel was a hit in the Summer of 1974. The most memorable line and one that seems to scream its appropriateness now is: "Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you." The "left" and "right," as best I can tell, did not mean "conservative" and "liberal;" it just meant being surrounded by malevolent forces. And the cable industry certainly is "stuck in the middle" these days. One malevolent force wants to impose dual or even triple must-carry and even complete 6 MHz must-carry. Another malevolent force wants to severely limit cable's ability to innovate.