NBC's suave, articulate President Sylvester L. ("Pat") Weaver Jr. likes to wrap his fancier TV ideas in even fancier clouds of philosophy. Last week in Manhattan, Weaver rose before a roomful of reporters to announce a new idea. "How wonderful it would be," he wistfully began, "if everybody were rich." By the time he finished speaking, riches of a kind seemed within reach of anybody with the price of a television set.
"The privileged classes," Philosopher Weaver said, "pursue the better things in life." They get out and see the world. To the underprivileged...
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