Or even the similar story on CNN - "The media is learning what happens when you give a mouse a cookie" (as the article says: "Spoiler alert: The mouse has some more demands")

* https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/19/business/media-business-t...

I'd never heard of that story before I heard the Decoder Ring episode. America sounds _wild._

https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2024/09/how-if-you-g...