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To: Rande Is who wrote (55291)	11/30/2001 12:50:39 PM
From: Sultan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57584

Is it just me or things look a bit brighter under Levitt for small investors.. Pitt seems like a real come down if you were to put these two guys side by side..

To: Rande Is who wrote (55291)	11/30/2001 12:56:59 PM
From: HiSpeed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57584

< How things are allowed to continue now, much the same as they have for many decades is what leaves me dumbstruck.> i'm somewhat curious as to why you'd be dumbstruck over the way big $$$ manipulates the market. given that money = power, it should come as no surprised that what's happened in the past is most likely what will happen in the future. it's all cyclical and history always repeats itself. only tickers & t/s change ;-) jmo

To: Rande Is who wrote (55291)	12/1/2001 1:04:04 AM
From: pbull	Respond to of 57584

Well, you got me again. I saw both movies, Boiler Room most recently, and yes, I was referring to a scene in Boiler Room. It is just too easy to manipulate the media. Despite their best efforts (at least by some), the media has lost much of whatever credibility it may have had because of management's willingness to just go with the flow instead of challenging the powers-that-be. Kathryn Graham, the former publisher of The Washington Post who died recently, stood behind her staff and changed journalism in the 1970s. But now, it's just get along and go along with whatever. As long as they quote the source accurately, that's OK. Doesn't matter if they're lying, doesn't matter if they know the source is lying, as long as it's accurate, that's OK. The only problem with that is the institution loses credibility, and when credibility is lost, there's no point, no reason to trust the information being provided. Period. And then they wonder why circulation is down, ratings are down, revenue is down, and so forth. Well, go figure. PB