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ARTelevision · 09-29-2004, 02:37 PM

Cynthetiq,
I don't know how on earth else to read a statement like this:
"VIACOM CEO SUMNER REDSTONE’S REACTION TO CBS BACKING DOWN FROM BUSH SERVICE STORY ‘WAS ONE OF SEVERE DISTRESS,’ HE TELLS TIME"

If that was my captain, you better believe I would be reading it that way.

Also again, his statement:

"When asked about politics... “There has been comment upon my contribution to Democrats like Senator Kerry. Senator Kerry is a good man. I’ve known him for many years. But it happens that I vote for Viacom. Viacom is my life, and I do believe that a Republican Administration is better for media companies than a Democratic one.” seems to me to be a clarion call to a kind of realism that is taboo among the intelligensia these days.

The above quotes are just too revolutionary to take mildly, I think. If this isn't rocking the boat, well then the boat is just being pulled down by the weight of its own anchor in the sand - along side of the heads of its crew, who are evidently also waterlogged and sandbound and just about sunk.

Do I over-react? If this was my boss saying these things, I know what I would be thinking. I'd be calling for stories about the coming paradigm shift...

09-29-2004, 02:37 PM	#373 (permalink)
ARTelevision I change Location: USA	Cynthetiq, I don't know how on earth else to read a statement like this: "VIACOM CEO SUMNER REDSTONE’S REACTION TO CBS BACKING DOWN FROM BUSH SERVICE STORY ‘WAS ONE OF SEVERE DISTRESS,’ HE TELLS TIME" If that was my captain, you better believe I would be reading it that way. Also again, his statement: "When asked about politics... “There has been comment upon my contribution to Democrats like Senator Kerry. Senator Kerry is a good man. I’ve known him for many years. But it happens that I vote for Viacom. Viacom is my life, and I do believe that a Republican Administration is better for media companies than a Democratic one.” seems to me to be a clarion call to a kind of realism that is taboo among the intelligensia these days. The above quotes are just too revolutionary to take mildly, I think. If this isn't rocking the boat, well then the boat is just being pulled down by the weight of its own anchor in the sand - along side of the heads of its crew, who are evidently also waterlogged and sandbound and just about sunk. Do I over-react? If this was my boss saying these things, I know what I would be thinking. I'd be calling for stories about the coming paradigm shift... __________________ create evolution Last edited by ARTelevision; 09-30-2004 at 12:27 AM..