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To: kvkkc1 who wrote (10035)	3/13/2002 4:19:38 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

If anyone should be on ignore, it should be you...nice mouth. This isn't Yahoo, it is SI and most people treat other people with respect. Rumors are an important factor in the stock market, like it or not. If everyone else knows a rumor about one of your stocks, wouldn't you like to know what people are saying, so that you have the opportunity to decide for yourself, whether you want to believe it or not? It is also important to know why the stock is moving up or down, and if it is because of a rumor, maybe you want to buy on the dip knowing that the rumor will be proven false. In other words, CNBC is doing what they are suppose to, supplying the audience with the cause of a particular stock moving.

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (10035)	3/13/2002 4:22:27 PM
From: Gamma Positive	Respond to of 17683

Now how did I know you were going to respond like that? ;-) LOL! Tell you what. It's not CNBC's fault if you're in a bad trade. It's not my fault or anyone else's fault but your own. So quit blaming other people for your troubles.

To: kvkkc1 who wrote (10035)	3/13/2002 5:01:05 PM
From: Toby Zidle	Respond to of 17683

Company XXX is up 26% today on the RUMOR that company YYY will make a takeover offer. Neither side will confirm the RUMOR. There is only RUMOR. There is no FACT. So your position is that CNBC should not report anything about the basis for this price move?? If you had owned XXX and were in a total vacuum of information about this price gain, you would abhor the reporting of any reason for the move, any rumor. Right? You'd prefer to have nothing reported to help you decide whether to sit pat, take profit, or add to your position -- just another investor who prefers to make his decisions in the dark and then badmouth the media for not reporting on a hot stock if you make the wrong decision. I may not decide to buy on rumor or sell on rumor, but I certainly do want to know what the rumors are on my stocks. Face it, the rumors have already moved the stocks before they are reported on CNBC. You are confusing cause with effect.