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KOWTOWING TO CURTAIL 60 MINUTES

KOWTOWING TO CURTAIL 60 MINUTES

Let me be clear from the out­set that this week’s “atyp­i­cal per­spec­tive” is slight­ly dis­tort­ed by per­son­al bias. Hav­ing worked for the best of CBS News boss­es, I sug­gest cur­rent con­trol­ling share­hold­er Shari Red­stone read some broad­cast his­to­ry, watch a movie and con­sid­er her rela­tion­ship to the “glass ceiling”.Read the rest

ONLY THE CRAVEN KILL THE MESSENGER

ONLY THE CRAVEN KILL THE MESSENGER

The adage “You can kill the mes­sen­ger, but not the mes­sage”  pur­port­ed­ly traces its roots to some­where in the Mid­dle Ages. Its 21st cen­tu­ry appli­ca­tion is to do the lit­er­al killing bla­tant­ly, and dis­prove the sec­ond half of the admo­ni­tion furtively.Read the rest