Viacom/CBS CEO taken down (for 60 minutes criticizing Bush and the war?)

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Can anyone guess the political leanings of Redstone, and if or how they differed from Karmazin's? This is coming at a time when CBS, owned by Viacom, is basically the only network being even slightly critical of the Bush regime and the war, and their show 60 minutes keeps breaking damaging stories.

http://business.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=24352

Despite their well publicized differences, Sumner Redstone, chief executive of Viacom said that he was not happy about Karmazin's resignation, and that Viacom is not planning to sell off its Infinity radio division.

Media giant, Viacom , appears to be weathering the storm in the wake of the sudden resignation of Mel Karmazin as president and chief operating officer.

Karmazin and Sumner Redstone, Viacom's chief executive have been at odds over company policy for the past few years. Nonetheless, Redstone declined to criticize Karmazin, only saying that he was not happy to see Karmazin leave.

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1. Some repugs think he's a Dem.

I don't know...I checked on 2002's corporate donations...they gave $700 something to dems...and more than a hundred thousand to repugs, though.

Viacom is the one starting the new gay network though. Methinks CBS is fighting back over Janet Jackson/Superbowl, Reagans, 60 Minutes author interviews and Dan Rather.