Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Thursday, November 18, 2010




Mr. Bewkes, our favorite PEPE LÉ PEW-producing media mogul, tells us why He's not a media mogul:

In the old media business world, people spoke of moguls who were often self-promoting guys and undisciplined when it came to deals and the like. "We're not moguls anymore," Bewkes said later. "We're reasonable people" who try to make the right decisions.

Okay Jeff, let's compare You and Jack Warner. He was a mogul. He might have been self-promoting and undisciplined. He and his brothers brought sound to the movies. His studio also produced Casablanca, something You couldn't do in a million years. Or let's compare You and Henry Luce. Okay, we grant we don't like Luce. He was a tyrant and a news-slanter. ("They saw Ike, and they liked what they saw!!!!!") But he also founded a number of big magazines. You merely shuffle papers.

On the other hand, by dint of Your job You are a mogul. Despite Your essential impotence You wield more power than some heads of state. For a mogul to say He's reasonable is like Hef saying He's chaste. And any Guy who'd remake The Wizard of Oz word for word may not be making the right decisions.

Oh Jeff, given what Your Empire -- I mean, Your lemonade stand disgorges we wonder why You'd have any concerns for Your son. Or was a CONGRESSMAN in the audience?

(Via I Want Media)

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