In this week's Time magazine, the Chairman of CBS News, Sumner Redstone, mentioned that he was particularly distressed over the whole Rathergate debacle. In saying this, he also first mentioned, quote:
"Let me give you some perspective. Neither I nor any executives at Viacom has any access to or plays any role in the news reports that come from CBS. Like you, we read about them in the newspapers. Notwithstanding that, I have, for obvious reasons, been carefully monitoring the situation. ..."
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Strange days when the Chairman/CEO (and his executives) of a major news network refuses to take responsibility for what his tv anchormen report to the public. Its as if the inmates were running the asylum.