Some of the more memorable CNBC-UK times have been
(just off the top of my head)
- just before CNBC-US interviewed the CEO of Nokia, CNBC-UK
cuts in with some nonsense program (at that time Nokia
had the second highest mark cap in europe,CNBC-UK serves
europe)
- the propaganda campaign "Wap is Crap" (later added "as
everyone knows") without once going into any details why
Wap actually is Crap in the UK networks.
(before that they run "Wap Wednesday")
- the general manipulation of making questions which
actually are statements, and cutting off the answers,
reaching its heights when the CEO of France Telecom just
continued answering, until cut off with "the satellite link
was lost"..
and today they of course had no satellite connection
at all when Duesenberg spoke of the rate cut...
Instead the standard euro-basher, topped off with witty
jokes on england and IRA.. (strange associations)
Not to forget the daily jokes on how early whats-her-name
has to get up in Texas (6 hour time diff), etc,etc..
etc,etc,etc..
Ilmarinen
P.S. The really childish thing, glorifying the interviewer, is of course to cut off the one answering,speaking exactly
when they anyway are about to say the last word.. cheap
trick...
(but in general "some" english are probably the least
suitable to run something like CNBC for europe,
easily turns into mostly french-bashing, german-bashing,
ireland-bashing, italy-bashing,etc. as well as
US-bashing...) |
