Colbert lost the company $40 million (that they’ll admit to). Stewart should figure out how much he’s costing his employer. Then he might shut up.
Corporations are prohibited from contributing to political campaigns.
Individuals face limits on how much they can contribute to a candidate.
Corporations can lose as much money as they want producing and showing talk shows that are essentially in-kind contributions to opposing candidates/parties.
Shareholders should consider suing the Board of CBS for allegedly squandering corporate resources.