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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
One who can not grasp things in their pragmatic dimension is hopelessly lost. In that condition one speaks mainly to oneself.
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Hehe, I like how you put that...
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Originally Posted by ARTelevision
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 intelligencia 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........
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Who will win? Big Government or Big Business? It seems to me reasonable to think that, in governing a country, that country's media would fall under the jurisdiction of the government of the country it does business in. Probably somewhat naive of me. It does paint a bizarre picture - of Big Business running the show under a political construct such as the First Amendment. Art, would this be an American phenonmena or does this type of thing happen in other countries too?