CBS Chief: Trump Is Great For Our Bottom Line

Leslie Moonves arrives at The Weinstein Company and Netflix Golden Globes afterparty on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said Monday that Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has been great for his company’s bottom line, but maybe not great for America.

“It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS,” Moonves told investors at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, according to Deadline. “The money’s rolling in and this is fun.”

Moonves called the 2016 landscape a “circus.”

“I’ve never seen anything like this, and this going to be a very good year for us. Sorry. It’s a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going,” he said, as quoted for The Hollywood Reporter.

Moonves did not say which candidate had his vote.

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  1. I wonder how great this will be for Les if Trump gets elected and puts forth the order that the Press can be sued. Will he think making the perp walk himself in handcuffs to be taken to prison will be great?

    There are some folks who have vision and can see the big picture. Les is apparently not one of those people.

  2. Drumpf: I am only making the rich… more rich. Extreme Fascism can be very profitable if the messenger is ME. Republicans have been doing it for decades but have been ineffective. I am just doing a great service to nation by keeping its economy alive.

  3. I have yet to see anything ever printed about something this motherfucker says or does that doesn’t verify my impression that he’s a sociopath and the posterboy for everything that’s gone wrong in media. More than anyone else, he was at the forefront of the movement to turn network news into a profit center rather than a service. More than anyone else, he was responsible for the inanity of “reality” television. In his own way, he’s worse than Murdoch.

  4. I’m sure televising torture and executions would have a great ratings too. So if that’s all that matters, what is stopping this jerk from showing that? Maybe under Trump he can get that.

    This guy needs a filter, or some duct tape over his mouth.

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