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To: Bill who wrote (94062)	4/13/2007 3:21:19 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Viacom CEO endorses George Bush and sets off a debate about political partisanship REDSTONE Sumner Redstone: ‘I vote for Viacom’ By Johnnie L. Roberts Newsweek Updated: 8:10 a.m. PT Oct 4, 2004 Oct. 4 - Should media moguls refrain from endorsing presidential candidates? After all, their empires include television networks and other properties that provide news coverage of the campaign. And much—if not all—of their business is regulated by the federal government. The question has gained new urgency in New York and Washington after Sumner Redstone, who controls CBS-parent Viacom, enthusiastically endorsed President George W. Bush. From a “Viacom standpoint, the election of a Republican administration is a better deal,” Redstone told an audience of CEOs in Hong Kong in late September, “because the Republican administration has stood for many things we believe in, deregulation and so on.” In the widely-reported remarks, he added: “I vote for what’s good for Viacom.” (Viacom also owns MTV, an assortment of other cable networks and Paramount Pictures.)