By the way, I couldn't but notice Maria's extremely cheap ploy for self-admiration on the floor of the NYSE today. Talk about amateurish. For those who didn't see it, let me give you the play-by-play. Maria is at her normal post on the floor of the NYSE. She suddenly starts looking around side-to-side, giggling, as if she is expecting something to happen (surprise, surprise...not). About two seconds later, you hear something simular to a loud Bronx cheer "I love you Maria!" It was so frigging obvious she knew the guy was about to do it...and of course, she just sat their and giggled as it happened, interrupting her whole pre-market schpeel...it was so obvious her or her agent paid some schmuck to yell it out and when he didn't immediately yell it, she was looking around, giggling, waiting to hear it.
Memo to Maria: the next time you or your agent try a cheap self-promotion scheme like you did today, at least make it look a bit more spontaneous. I hate to break it to you, but you seem like the only CNBC personality who thinks she is bigger than the network itself. Don't kid yourself, viewers laugh at you when you act like a big stick, like when Dick Grasso walks by your post and you go out of your way to interrupt your floor report by saying, "OH HI, HELLO Dick!!!" and he looks at you with this blank gaze, as if, "do I know this person???" It's just embarrassing...this whole self-promotion kick...99% of the CNBC personalities perform as team players, i.e. "we're here to report the news and inform our viewers," but you view the process as nothing but an opportunity to fish for admirers...quit taking yourself so seriously.
For three years I did daily TV interviews with local reporters...I got to know which ones were genuinely interested in producing an informative report, and which ones were simply interested in stroking their own ego...funny thing is, whenever I felt the need to get on TV to make a statement, I always knew I could get an instant interview from the goofs who took themselves too seriously, simply by phoning them and stroking their ego for 2 minutes...why do I get the feeling that the folks at AOL, Morgan Stanley, et.al use the same weak tactics with you... |
