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To: Tradelite who wrote (144595)	1/18/2002 9:38:49 AM
From: reaper	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<<I also get amused/annoyed at internet gossip which constantly villifies the people on CNBC, CBS>> I honestly don't get your point. Why should we NOT vilify CNBC for spewing bullish nonsense in 30-second sound bytes 24x7 when they could (in your opinion) engage in some lengthy, honest, educational (to the public) discourse instead? Cheers

To: Tradelite who wrote (144595)	1/18/2002 11:43:27 AM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

<For example, it was pathetic that CNBC got the CEO of Duke Energy up early yesterday morning to appear on TV and only allowed him to speak about three sentences before cutting him off, going to a commercial, and immediately devoting mucho time to an interview with GE's CEO. It's also pathetic that Joe Kernan gets to spend so much time babbling about nothing (including hairstyles) every morning, yet they can't give the Duke Energy CEO or most other CEOs enough time to even breathe, much less impart any useful information to the audience. (Wow, that was a rant....didn't intend to carry on so long)<<gg>> > Exactly.... they had freakin Bill Gates on one time and cut him off to go to the queen bingo caller on the floor of the exchange!! LOL That said, CNBC also employes staff that are always chanting the mantra of stocks for the long run regardless of cost.... THAT is the main problem. DAK

To: Tradelite who wrote (144595)	1/18/2002 12:42:34 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

immediately devoting mucho time to an interview with GE's CEO When Jack Welch used to come on it was like a king in his court with all the subjects laughing at every joke. Even when GE came up in the news they had a difficult time saying anything bad. Once I saw Mark Haines start to say something GE was doing wasn't smart, stop mid sentence and ask the guest he had on if he would comment on it since he couldn't and the guest gave him this look like "Are you nuts? You think I'm gonna cut my own throat here?" Truth is ALL the major media outlets are owned by big corporations now and while everyone talks about editorial freedom, it doesn't exist. You piss off your advertisers too much and they pull their ads.