A culture war has been won by the entertainers according to Bill Bennet and the other crusaders against what they consider to be offensive music.

What's funny is that nobody seems to have told Eminem, or any of the other supposedly objectionable rappers and rockers, that the combat is over and they have triumphed. On "Show," Eminem anticipates all the turmoil he'll cause and all the fits he'll give assorted "haters." But as much as Em loves playing the oppressed underdog, that tag is now ridiculous. He's rich, he's popular, and nobody is complaining about him anymore.

"They've won," says Bennett. "They can't stand to have won, but it's over and they've won. They get to say and do anything and make billions and castigate us in the process."

Maybe it's all a brilliant bit of counter-strategy. Attacking music has never worked in the past. We're about to find out if ignoring it works any better.