Finally someone in the government is standing up and fighting the good fight. Reuters is reporting that, yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared at an event in the Justice Department with actors from The Wire where he used scenes from the series to illustrate the need to protect children from “endangered by drug abuse.” While there, Holder ordered the writers of the series to make another season, a statement that is sure to garner support across party lines for, as we all know, if you don’t love The Wire, you’re not a real American.

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HBO’s new drama Treme premieres Sunday, and for fans of David Simon and The Wire, they’re anxiously anticipating this next Simon series for the network.

But Treme, about post-Katrina New Orleans, is different (here are Newsweek and the New Yorker‘s reviews). Mediaite spoke to one of the stars of the show, Clarke Peters (who also starred in The Wire as Lester Freeman) about filming in New Orleans, Wire comparisons and more.

A column in the Washington Post this Sunday is the latest in Dan Rather‘s campaign to get President Obama to convene “White House commission on public media” — an important step towards legitimizing the debate about the future of the news. But do we really need more government in our news?