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11/03/2003 Archived Entry: "CBS Caves. A once-proud network brought to its knees."
CBS Caves. A once-proud network brought to its knees.
Welp, CBS has folded like a house of cards under pressure from the RNC and other assorted right-wingers who objected to the Reagan movie, never having seen it.
CBS used to be a pretty good network, but knuckling under to this type of pressure proves that they've lost all semblance of integrity. Les Moonves and his gang should hang their heads in shame.
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At least there is someone there with a spine - I read on CNN that the Daily Variety reported that the director, Robert Allen Ackerman, quit because of the whitewashing the Reagan/BFEE cartel demanded.
Posted by Barry Ingram @ 11/04/2003 09:57 AM NY
The Columbia Broadcasting System, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viacom, is but a division of a multi-national, multi-billion dollar media conglomerate. The officers and directors of Viacom are no fools, they need the goodwill of the FCC to ensure a level playing field in their competition against News Corp and ABC/Disney and NBC/GE.
Historians of the future will remark not so much on the fact that we are became a nation of slaves, but rather that we became slaves so willingly.
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 11/04/2003 10:49 AM NY
If Edward R. Murrow were to rise from the dead and see what has happened to CBS, he'd never stop throwing up.
Posted by Larry Dean @ 11/04/2003 01:30 PM NY
Metro makes a good point, but one should also note that Viacom is also a major player in the defense industry. In fact, they are the 20th largest pentagon defense contractor in dollar terms. (As of 200).
Read more about it here.
Or at this URL if Blah3 doesn't take html: http://www.retrogrouch.net/MT/archives/000090.html
Posted by Retrogrouch @ 11/04/2003 03:52 PM NY
the chicken broadcasting system.
viacom owns at least 9 channels(19.56%) on my family cable package which consists of 46 channels (i'm having a problem determing a few owners so viacom may own more). jon stewart and c-span are the only programs stopping me from throwing the cablevision box through my front window.
Posted by jeff @ 11/04/2003 11:25 PM NY
