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To: HandsOn who wrote (8646)	9/19/2001 2:22:34 PM
From: Investor Clouseau	Respond to of 17683

Why do you think PPRO chose to advertise on CNN? Maybe because Costello "piled on" when PPRO was already under $1, by showing it on the board not once, but twice after the downgrade at $1.50. Yet not a peep out of them after the positive outcome of the AOL contract talks. IC

To: HandsOn who wrote (8646)	9/19/2001 2:50:01 PM
From: Jerry Miller	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Hey Tom Costello, you apologize entirely too much. for weeks now, everything is, "my fault", "sorry about that", or " take my word for it". this stuff is boring, and unprofessional. these days, most everyone has a screen. realtime, or otherwise. so you aren't telling us anything we don't already know, or can't find out with a click or two. you need to slow down, and get it right for once. it's embarrassing. or at least it should be.

To: HandsOn who wrote (8646)	9/20/2001 1:21:39 AM
From: Toby Zidle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Whassa matter, HandsOn? For months on this board, pre-WTC, we've endured a bashing of CNBC because they don't warn of the risks of investing and they presented 'Buy-opinion' analysts at the market peak. A dastardly deed (so many posters said). Now, this week, the market certainly has had an "exaggerated doom and gloom tone". That's life. If Costello comes on and reflects that, maybe he's just reporting what the market is doing. "Many traders are talking about boycotting CNBC," you say. Since when is it Costello's job (or CNBC's) to hype the upticks? When the market turns up, undoubtedly we'll see a more positive outlook appear on CNBC. And when (if) the rally turns out to be a trap, then everyone here can complain again about how CNBC sucked the individual investor into losing their savings to the Machiavellian market makers or the rich, ever-greedy brokerage companies whose every comment is a ruse to practice the opposite of what they preach. I think Costello does a creditable job, but paranoia runs rampant here.