You have a point there Greg.   I did not watch, or attempt to watch the Jessica Lynch movie so I can't really comment on it. The Reagan movie was impossible to watch, no matter what your political views.

If we want to bring up history, CBS was also the network that gave Edward R. Murrow his voice. During the 60's, they were the network that began showing footage from Vietnam.   Yes, they were inconsistent and self-censored people like the Smother's Brothers. Those were different times.

I have no love for CBS. Speaking personally, I worked for them back in the early 80's when they launched the original CBS Cable. They were really pushing the envelope back then and gave the fledging cable operation a lot of room to experiment. Unfortunately after 14 months they realized they weren't making money and pulled the plug. They were very cold about it.

That said, I do think that in the case of the Michael Moore spot, they are being consistent. It would be very easy to sell a few campaign spots to Bush & all the others running for office. IF they are being consistent, then I can see them telling Moore no.