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Pastimes : CNBC -- critique.
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To: Thomas G. Busillo who wrote (2068)12/14/1998 6:53:00 PM
From: Sandy  Read Replies (2) of 17683
 
I won't watch CNBC until this decision is reversed. The employees we see are competent and I too get the feeling decisions are made by shadowy employees listed on an archaic wiring diagram. CNBC has the obligation to its viewers to put Cramer on unless there are additional factors not known to us. I seriously doubt that to be the case.

I've been so disappointed cable television is run just like the traditional networks. Today we had the latest instance of a guest being interrupted by the "computer". As if it had a life of its own. That's just damn rude. I never get accustomed to the clearing of throats, the OKs, uhhuhs, and other utterances when a host is feeling pressured to end an interview. It's all blamed on the clock as if the programming hour must be built on the laws of physics. There's no flexibility at all as there is increasingly in radio.

Things will change but we'll probably have to pay for it. I'll gladly pay for premium cable or direct via internet. Someone like Cramer will start it and make a fortune. Interviews won't end until they cease to be interesting. The whole day will have the informality of Squawk but the host will have total authority to wing it.

This is not meant as criticism of the on air people who most likely get pissed off more than we do. I'd hire every damn one of them.
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