<div id="subtitle">Little people call for FCC to ban use of 'midget' on broadcast TV</div><div><p>Little people are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast TV.</p><p>The group Little People of America said Sunday the word is just as offensive as racial slurs.</p><p>The request was prompted by an April episode of NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice" that the group said was demeaning.</p><p>In the episode, contestants created a detergent ad called "Jesse James and the Midgets." The contestants, including Joan Rivers, suggested bathing little people in the detergent and hanging them to dry.</p><p>Calls to the FCC and "Celebrity Apprentice" host Donald Trump were not immediately answered Sunday. NBC Universal representatives didn't immediately respond to e-mail messages, and the telephone rang unanswered at their Los Angeles office.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=54298410&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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