The TV people hang from invisible strings

The TV people hang from invisible strings.
They do their talking with other people's words.
Who is it dangles all these pricey things?
A horde of haggling hucksters and extraverts.
The TV people hang from invisible strings.

The puppeteers are Mammon's doubles.  They
buy a face. They buy a ready tongue.
All to keep the registers ringing.  That way
the bills are paid and the hash is slung.
The TV people hang from invisible strings.