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To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (13483)	3/16/2000 12:06:00 AM
From: RavBruce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

While MSNBC is a joint venture with MSFT and NBC, remember that it is also a news agency. People in that industry hate being beholden and good people rarely stay on after they are forced to bend the truth to meet the corporate parents needs. Also, CNBC and MSNBC are distinct organizations with separate management. With how fast everything happens today, it is not possible for MSFT to influence the sister of a partially-owned subsidary--at least not that fast and without there being major consequences (lots of journalists jumping ship). Bruce

To: Bipin Prasad who wrote (13483)	3/16/2000 9:36:00 AM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19080

I used to work for CNBC. There is little/no link there to MSFT. Insana is, by far, the best on-air talent. Bill Griffeth (is he still there?) was the other. The rest of them are frat boys or pretty faces. There were very few deep thinkers in that group. Most of them were good at reading a teleprompter and looking pretty. That's what set Insana apart....not the best looking guy in the world, but a hell of a reporter/interviewer. His story about getting on-air is pretty funny, too. He was part time technical help at the old FNN when somebody got sick. Due to lack of personnel in the studio at the time, he got the call. Basically, he's never looked back. CNBC loves ORCL, in general...though I don't think they (or anybody) is truly fond of LE. Not that that matters. It isn't about LE, it's about ORCL.