On his way to vacation, our friend-site (to the left) Media Curmudgeon, Charles Warner, has a terrific piece about Nepotism In Media (including those broadcast, print/with Internet-flavors and other mediums that display on your various screens, so yes, we are on topic, you ever-loving ever-giving-me-shit via email, fact-checking-dorks.) Entitled Father's Day, it is well worth your read.
The Media Curmudgeon shows what has become a wonderfully-and-woefully-owed common-disdain for VOOM-Killer James Dolan of Cablevision.(We summed up ours in this entry--with a "Bite Me, James")
Media Curmudgeon's palpable repugnance for Jimmy-Boy shows well:
<<snip>>"There are several media moguls who should give their dads huge thank-you gifts for Fathers Day because the odds against them getting big media jobs are about a trillion to one without pop.
Longest odds go to idiot son James Dolan of Cablevision. He's not only dumb, but he's mean and nasty to boot. I don't need to go into the details about how awful he is, because they are in the news every day."<<snip>>
There is more though; should you wish to do your own research...
He didn't mention Shari Redstone's added duties (beyond Viacom, being daddy's girl, Cinema-Mistress, and general Heir-Of-Parent, AND various holding companies)--PLUS controlling Midway Games. You know, NBA Jam, Mortal Kombat, and um, Joust, Rampage, Sinistar, Robotron, and on, and on? Her sweet and swimming pop-weasel is majority stockholder. She just Chairs the place) Besides, she is almost as ugly as Jimmy Dolan above.
While mentioning Lachlan Murdoch--of NY Post fame, his brother James of BSkyeB notoriety got ignored... So here are a few other choice members of the "my dad owns shit, so I get an important job even if I am an overpaid putz" crew: David Frum, Jonah Goldberg, William Kristol, William McGowan, James Murdoch, The Walt Disney Company, and even goofballs like Trinity Broadcasting. [Ignoring the Reverend Crotch's, ahem, excuse me, Crouch's Rumored Sex Scandal]
Folks in Aussie-Land actually keep lists. Grin.
PS. Every damned time I read the comments (er, contestants) from Rox Populi's Contest for Naming Nepotistic NEOCON Jonah Goldberg above, I spit on my monitor or am liable to put out an eye. If you only have time for a single link--choose JONAH (above) or here for that matter.
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