- Sumner Redstone, owner and chief executive of Viacom,
owns and operates Viacom asset Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS]. Redstone
is one of the five richest Zionists who control well over 90 percent of
the American corporate, establishment, mainstream media, or MSM. After
hitting some political bumps in the road related to issues of favoritism
and bias accusations relating to political party orientation, aging Dan
Rather was "eased" out of his nightly anchor position in favor
of CBS veteran newscaster Bob Schieffer. Schieffer served as interim anchor
until Katie Couric was named permanent anchor and managing news editor
of the CBS Evening News.
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- Couric, often dubbed "pretty and perky," does
have journalistic credentials, but in-depth investigative journalism isn't
one of them. Bringing a hefty dose of feminism and sexual appeal to the
position is indeed her strength; but seemingly it competes unfavorably
with the fatherly image of the "most trusted man in America,"
Walter Cronkite, and the former dependable voice of the evening news of
Dan Rather. Let's face it the political correctness foisted upon
America by the MSM that is the feminist movement seeks to populate all
formerly male-dominated enclaves with women. It is this, and Redstone's
desire to cash in on yet another possibly profitable media venture via
Couric's popularity gained during her former stint on NBC's Today show,
that represented the real drivers behind her selection as CBS anchor.
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- Competing with male anchors Brian Williams of NBC and
Charles Gibson of ABC, one would think that at least in her capacity of
"managing editor," Couric would try to come out from her weak
third place position and take a competitive stab and overcoming the competition.
But this begs the question: Is there really any competitive news reporting
out there inAmerica today? And if that question appears too staggering
for Couric to address at her level, then what of Redstone?
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- The real "Christmas" season of corporate broadcast
profits is rapidly approaching and will soon be at hand. This will be
the corporate MSM's windfall of the 2008 presidential elections. Both
false fronts of our single political party, the Democrat-Republican party,
will be dumping millions in campaign cash donations from their duped constituents
into broadcast and cable TV coffers. There will be cash from private donors,
as well as all the federal cash extorted from unwilling and similarly duped
American taxpayers. And all the while, electronic election fraud and vote
tampering is probably by now well passed the planning stage. Why wouldn't
media competition come into play?
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- One can only assume a secret, private handshake. Just
like the National Football League, there are no losing teams and no losing
players. All a team owner has to do is spend some of the profits to win
fan loyalty; salary caps and player minimum wages put team ownership and
team profits on autopilot with the help of a "share-the-pot"
pool of cash derived from TV contract negotiations, a kind of G. Bush "no
team left behind" thingy is the result. All TV broadcast and cable
TV MSM make out with the phony presidential elections. There will be all
those nauseating TV mudslinging commercials never addressing real issues
the American people should be learning about and considering. The real
issues in America are just too painful for the prime time boob tube addicts;
"The Insider" and "Oprah" provide more news than do
the MSM media outlets that are supposedly segmented to do this. No competition
is needed, and therefore, none is desired.
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- And just recently, Editor & Publisher, the standard
newspaper industry's journal, has reported that newspaper circulation is
dropping rapidly. And TV news viewership has also been dropping citing
the report from The State of the News Media 2006's article, "An Annual
Report on American Journalism." The report was obviously prepared
before the CBS switch from interim anchor Bob Schieffer to permanent news
head Katie Couric. There is an interesting section in the report which
addresses the shake-up in Big Three network anchors that adds insight to
the current Couric-CBS loss of viewership which seems to explain Redstone's
logic in choosing Couric: "Meanwhile, 'CBS Evening News with the interim
anchor Bob Schieffer crept up by some 100,000 viewers, moving from 7.7
million to 7.8 million. That success under Schieffer bears note. NBC
and ABC brought in younger anchors that also function as in-the-field reporters
but CBS, unsure about its long term, picked Schieffer as an interim choice."
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- The article goes on: "He epitomized tradition, a
familiar face from the older generation of network news, someone who in
the last quarter-century had anchored morning, mid-day and weekend newscasts
and functioned as Chief Washington correspondent. He has also been the
anchor for 'Face the Nation' since May of 1991. According to the biography
posted on the CBS News Website, Schieffer is also 'one of the few broadcast
or print journalists to have covered all four major beats in the nation's
capital the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department and Capitol
Hill.'"
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- Here's the article's key observation: "And it was
Schieffer, not his younger rivals, who enjoyed the audience gain in 2005.
What might explain that? One argument might be that being in third place,
CBS was the most likely to grow after an anchor change. Another factor
might be that some viewers who would no longer watch Rather preferred Schieffer
and were likely to give him a try as a known commodity. A third factor
could be that uncertainty at ABC with Jennings's illness put viewers in
play, and some of them might have been older viewers. A fourth factor
might be change in the newscast under Schieffer, who seemed to become increasingly
comfortable over time, and to interact naturally and skillfully with his
correspondents, asking them probing questions with an apparently genuine
curiosity. Schieffer also was the beneficiary of the success of CBS's
prime-time lineup. It is possible, too, that Schieffer's long experience
simply paid off, giving him a depth some viewers appreciated. If so, the
fact that the other networks have looked to people in their 40s for their
next anchors may give CBS pause as it looks to replace Schieffer, the anchor
who today is enjoying the best audience trend line." Again, keep
in mind that this was written in B.C. [before Couric].
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- Couric's declined ratings are easily explained: her credentials
are exactly opposite of those enjoyed by Schieffer. As an example highlighting
the contrast, reflect upon the 2006 report's observations commenting on
Schieffer's interaction with his correspondents, a professional with mutual
admiration and respect for the work of his associates. Here is a segment
from Wikipedia's assessment of Couric: "The CBS Evening News with
Katie Couric continually finishes last in all major markets. Under Couric,
several promising and popular CBS News correspondents mysteriously saw
their airtime diminish significantly. Trish Regan, Elizabeth Kaledin,
Sharyn Alfonsi and Lee Cowan all have departed from CBS since Couric took
the reins of the Evening News, only to be replaced by a host of unknown
reporters." Sure serves to eliminate Couric's potential competition
should she fail, but tarnishes both her professionalism and her interactive
assets in the form of promising and interesting associates. It also signals
a lack of confidence and an isolationism, just the opposite of the professional
comfort enjoyed by Schieffer.
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- Because of my organization's office Christmas party today,
I found myself off schedule and did something I don't usually do. Other
than occasionally take in ABC's "Jeopardy" and the weekly creativity
of the NFL's New York Jets and the latter's never-ending creativity in
losing football games, I just don't watch television. It's bad for the
thinking person's mind and I enjoy deluding myself as being a thinking
human being. But I had occasion to watch the CBS Evening News, starring
anchor person and managing news editor Katie Couric. And of course,
there simply was no news offered. Instead, propaganda for America's one
party Democrat-Republican Party was what Katie put on her agenda, with,
of course, the far-off mild guidance of Sumner Redstone.
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- Displaying the obvious anticipation of a soon-to-be windfall
for her network, Katie the great interviewer took on a daunting task: she
decided to interview the 2008 presidential candidates of The Establishment
Democrat-Republican Party. The entire segment, the primary one of her
evening "news" broadcast, focused on The Establishment-qualified,
approved and pre-selected candidates. That, of course, excluded Dr. Ron
Paul, Congressman for 22 years from the 14th District in G. Bush's State
of Texas, and the only real candidate with a meaningful and straightforward
platform of restoring the United States Constitution destroyed by The Establishment's
Cheney-Bush disaster; a decent man and the only member of Congress doing
his job in preserving and protecting the nation's rule of law and carrying
out his duties in accordance with the Constitution of the United States.
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- During Couric's enlightening "investigative interviews,"
three graphic support segments were offered. It showed the lineup of candidates
for The Establishment. And this was done THREE times! The grahics rapidly
panned the faces of the candidates of the Democrat-Republican Party, displaying
the familiar faces of the political stars chosen for BoobUS AmericanUS
to pick from. The facial panning was rapidly done, and as said, used as
a support graphic THREE times. Guess what?! Dr. Ron Paul's visage never
appeared at all in any of those slide-bys! Obviously, Sumner's desires
and that of the executives of CBS made it universally understood that Ron
Paul was not to be a factor in the network's presidential profit-making
festivities.
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- And the challenging question for the presidential hopefuls?
"What country do you feel is the most dangerous? Another quick graphic
showed that Iran was the most dangerous. Now how's that for an effective
MSM and Israel lobby propaganda success story? And of course the presidential
Beltway Buffoons almost universally agreed on Iran, especially Bomber Barack
and John "Madman" McCain! Hillary targeted Pakistan. And are
you ready? Former Senator John Edwards is ticked-off at China! That's
right, China! That very same dangerous country that "Slick Willie"
sold military secrets to for campaign cash! That very same dangerous country
that manufactures and provides US with ALL our consumer goods save McDonalds'
hamburgers and pornography. That very same dangerous country that holds
our government's paper. That same dangerous country that Democrat Senator
Diane Feinstein and her husband has invested hundreds of millions of American
dollars in.
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- I would offer that the only really dangerous nation in
the world today is US! I would offer the ENTIRE world feels that way too!
Of what business is it of the Beltway Buffoons to worry about the affairs
of other nations when Cheney-Bush have done such a marvelous job screwing
up this once-great nation? And if we need a number one enemy, then it
is Israel. Our boys and girls are fighting and dying and committing suicide
for that pee wee nation right now! And not satisfied, they want our boys
and girls, and our tax dollars squandered destroying Iran's nuclear capability
which the CIA's latest NIE has emphatically proven to be non-existent!
Which is the ONLY nation in the world that disagrees with that assessment,
has purchased our govcernment lock, stick and barrel, and wants US to go
to war for them again?
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- Contrary to even the in-depth personality assessments
as to why newspaper circulation and TV news viewership have fallen off,
the key factor is the MSM's revulsion for the truth. Propagandizing
The Establishment's agenda for a Zionist New World Order is all that matters.
The distraction of political party labels is just that; a diversion hoping
to blur out the real issues that might enable US to take our country back.
For were this not the case, how easy would it be for Katie to take her
ratings back? But like the NFL TV broadcast and sponsor dollar pools,
everybody wins except news-hungry and news-deprived Americans. The MSM's
mission is that of the Mushroom farmer: Keep 'em in the dark, and feed
'em, well, you know!
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- © THEODORE E. LANG 12/12/07 All rights reserved
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- Ted Lang is a political analyst and freelance writer.
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