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To: Gary M. Reed who wrote (3434)	8/2/1999 2:02:00 AM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Ron Insana has always been a great interviewer in my book and he nailed both Ralph Acompora and that joke of a CEO from Cendant a year ago. Great success story especially considering he went to CSUN!

To: Gary M. Reed who wrote (3434)	8/2/1999 7:30:00 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 17683

I believe you missed the point. Forget aol.... Let's start over. Rumor on the floor that starts around noon. cnbc announces rumor at 3:50 just before close. They are associated with the outfit in the rumor (Barron's) imo they could have reported Yes there is a rumor and yes or no it is true. I don't think it was responsible on a Friday afternoon to report a rumor just before closing and not have checked it out when they had three hours to do it. That's what this thread is about critique. This is not about aol... I like Ron and believe he stops some of this stuff when the jerk reports rumors at the close and this one got away from him.... However where were cnbc producers etc. I also want to hear rumors etc as an investor asap and I will decide what action needs to be taken but let's get some responsible reporting. see ya JOHN

To: Gary M. Reed who wrote (3434)	8/2/1999 9:22:00 PM
From: Barry Grossman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Gary, Re: two Fridays ago, around the 4:00 or 5:00 hour, he and Sue Herrera interviewed a Republican and a Democratic congressman, re: tax cuts Nice synopsis. I missed this one but I got the picture. Ron is a bulldog when he knows the facts and isn't shy with his questions. I've always felt his reporting was biased toward the pessimistic side of a story so if you are noticing some greater objectivity, I hope you are right. It would be nice to see on CNBC for a change. What did he do to get to this change - spend a week or two back in California with us optimists? Democrat was an aging tax attorney from California I'd love to know who this guy is. Unfortunately for me, I know he's not my Congressman, so I can't vote against him next year. Mine is just a liberal ex-accountant with similar ideas. I'd like to see him go too. Way too many liberal Democrats registered and voting in my district to overcome this tendency though. Barry