Angus King panhandles streaming services to stop the holiday spread

Officials insist, with complete justification, that it will take all of us to slow the spread. Maine Sen. Angus King has thought up a creative new expression for that team effort. Creative, though, doesn’t always mean good.

The senator wrote the top dogs of several streaming services, recognizing the “unique role that [their] companies play in providing content-based activities this holiday season,” and asked them to let people watch for free as an incentive to stay home rather than participate in holiday gatherings. “Content-based activity” sounds kind of formal, but it just means watching TV.