Jackass,Viacom&CBS

["Dave Faneuf" <Dfaneuf@WBUR.BU.EDU>]

Just heard a very interesting report on NPR's "On The Media" by 
Mike Pesca about the MTV show Jackass and the lawsuits the show 
has be subjected to.  To make a long story shorter,  ALL the major 
networks reported on the story where a 13 or 14 year old kid set 
himself on fire imitating a segment of Jackass, ABC, NBC, CNN, 
FoxNews etc. ALL the news networks EXCEPT CBS!  The 
connection,  CBS and MTV are owned by Viacom.  This appears to 
me to be a blatant move by a major corporation to protect itself from 
further blame by stepping in and preventing its news organization 
from reporting on a major story!  So much for the public good!

df

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