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From: reza@ihuxb.UUCP (Reza Taheri)
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Subject: Re: CBS takeover bid by Jesse Helms and others
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 14:01:24 EST
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> 	Second, what happens if they do take over. They fire Dan. He goes
> elsewhere and starts beating the hell out of the new geek they hire,
> ratingswise. While this is happening, the ratings for the entertainment
> division start going downhill because JH's folk don't know nuthin' 'bout
> TV programmin'. People start leaving the subsidiary companies because
>
>						Frank Adrian

   Somehow, everybody who has written on this subject has assumed that
a conservative management would drastically change the program
contents broadcast by CBS.  This is intuitively correct but in reality
incorrect.  Look at the kind of programs the far-right religious
stations, such as 700 Club, offer.  They have news, music, political
commentary, hard-to-believe-facts shows, sad shows, happy shows, even soap
operas.  That's right, soap operas.  And look at how much they rely on
celebrities.  If Mr. X  the actor is good enough to tell you about his
experience with Jesus, his show must be good enough to be seen by your
children, too.

   All that will change will be that the "good guys" in Dallas will
start wearing crosses and the reason the "bad guys" in the Dukes of
Hazard are so nasty is that they are really undercover KGB agents.

H. Reza Taheri
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