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To: MangoBoy who wrote (3287)	7/22/1999 3:45:00 PM
From: Yogizuna	Respond to of 17683

Mark, CNBC itself does many "off-topic" things in it's broadcasting, like talking about how hot it will get in NYC for example, as if the rest of the country and the world really cares. So theoretically, I could talk about the weather too and still be "on topic" according to this thread. Give it a rest. Yogi

To: MangoBoy who wrote (3287)	7/22/1999 3:52:00 PM
From: Michael Grosz	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

To all, A reason why I am frequently disgusted with CNBC (among others) is the homogeneity of cable news. Can anyone honestly tell me any tangible differences in reporting between CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, etc.? Since no network is "unique", they end up competing on the basis of "quantity" rather than "quality" of news. To offer an olive branch of non-partisanship, I refer to saturation coverage of Monica, George W., O.J., JFK Jr., etc. The prevailing news motto seems to be: If you can't be first, be there the most often. In other words, what's wrong with... "we have a report that JFK Jr. is missing and believed dead. Stay with CNBC for more details on this breaking story. Back to our regular programming." My questions to Ted (knowing he is probably not the appropriate respondent, but acknowledging that he is one helluva lot closer to the inside of the news biz than I), does CNBC think that their coverage of JFK, Jr. was BETTER than CNNs coverage? And finally, who/what determines which issues will require saturation coverage? Again, thanks to Ted for participating in this thread. Let's learn from his talent and experience, rather than offend him into ignoring us.

To: MangoBoy who wrote (3287)	7/22/1999 7:35:00 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

It depends on the relationship between what you consider Off Topic dialog and the amount of coverage CNBC gives a topic. Events like the JFK tragedy are on topic on this thread if the CNBC personalities give it an ample amount of attention. As a parallel, if Joe Kernan decided to spend four hours tomorrow talking about Cisco's ADSL strategy, I would expect discussion here about DMT, G.lite or 2B1Q encoding techniques. The fact that CNBC gives four hours (and more) to the Kennedy tragedy permits posters here to pontificate on the matter to their heart's delight. After all, there's only so much that can be said about Maria's clothes. :-)