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| Redstone = Moonbat? |
| 2004-09-20 |
| A quick glance at Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone's political contributions reveal him to be right up there with Dan Rather in his left wing leanings. Another fellow traveller. Is it any wonder no action has been taken on Rathergate? |
| Posted by:DanNY |
| #6 King of the loons BE, think you may be on to something Don. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-20 2:07:02 PM |
| #5 Rather rule in hell??? Don??? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-20 1:42:27 PM |
| #4 I think the new Viacom strategy is to treat TV like segmented radio. Accept a slice of the audience, focus on one demographic faction, quit fighting for the broad spectrum of viewers/listeners. The writing was on the wall with the ratings for Fox at the convention. Its either a total purge or acceptance of a smaller piece of the pie. Seems they are electing to "Rather rule in hell, than serve in heaven". |
| Posted by: Don 2004-09-20 12:15:14 PM |
| #3 s'alright - he'll buy it all back when Danny breaks the news and Viacom plummets. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-09-20 12:09:57 PM |
| #2 Dan's out the door in March, anyway. I hope we get a good quote out of him like "you won't have Dan Rather to kick around any more". |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-09-20 11:32:49 AM |
| #1 Is it any wonder no action has been taken on Rathergate? Well, you can't exactly say that NO action was taken, after all Redstone did dump $12M of Viacom stock. But don't hold your breath until Rather gets rebuked or fired. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-09-20 1:28:14 AM |