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It's hard to know. He's a pal of Jesse Helms, and Jesse Helms has suggested that the news he sees on CBS is not news that pleases him. I have a hunch that I understand what kind of news would please him, and I'm sure that I...
No, it's not on people's minds--certainly no fear that it's going to come to pass that Jesse Helms or Ted Turner is going to be our boss. I don't think that anybody takes their bids very serious.
If the rumors about a takeover of CBS last week were turned into prime-time fare, the cast would ensure boffo ratings. Here is Ted Turner, the mustachioed buccaneer of the cable airwaves whose passion is to call another network his own. There is Ivan Boesky, a Wall Street wizard...
Enter Senator Helms, who helps pilot a conservative group called Fairness in Media, which launched a campaign in January to buy CBS stock in hopes of changing what it considers to be the network's liberal bias. Fairness in Media obtained a list of stockholders two weeks ago, but the...
At the time of last week's announcement, ABC was not the object of a takeover attempt by anyone outside the broadcasting field, but at least one other network was under siege. Republican Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina has helped launch an effort by Fairness in Media, a conservative...