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If you're going to complain about a lazy and corrupt media uninterested in veracity, the least you could do is get your facts straight. GE is not JUST a defense conractor, Westinghouse has passed through many hands in the past ten years, CBS only owns its brand, and CBS used to be Viacom.
I know its hard to keep track of. In fact, this information may itself be out of date (or will be in a matter of weeks). But still.