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To: Barry Grossman who wrote (43135)	12/23/1997 5:13:00 PM
From: David S.	Respond to of 186894

Barry, I had a feeling I was talking in an empty hall with my last post at 2:51 and you proved it. Everyone went home. Happy Hannukah. Regards, David S. Long on Intel and Iomega PS If you want to add to your viewpoint on how the news is emotionally slanted, read Airframe. More fiction but probably quite reflective of production criteria.

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (43135)	12/23/1997 5:42:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Barry, your so so right! Remember though CNBC is owned by NBC which is about as anti business and pro government as they come. Remember a few years ago when the world was coming to an end because the government was shut down for three weeks? At least today we have the great equalizer growing out of toddlerhood. THE NET! Television stations such as CNBC don't realize it yet, but their influence is about to become trivial. Merry Christmas Barry, it's been a great year talking with you about techs. Michael

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (43135)	12/23/1997 5:45:00 PM
From: Diamond Jim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

RE: Bruce Francis, in his lead-in to interviewing Microsoft's COO re the latest court paper filings, began his comments with "The empire strikes back in court papers this afternoon." Did he use the word "evil" ? jim

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (43135)	12/23/1997 6:16:00 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Barry, I saw the same interview, and admitt to being disgusted. Besides the very good point that you made, the interviewer would ask a question, and then not give the the MSFT COO time to answer before he interupted. This is a common tactic for interviewers who are trying to make a point with their question, and feel that the answer is totally unimportant or may contradict their position. Bad journalism, made worse when people's money is on the line. CNBC should take a good look at it's standards. John

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (43135)	12/23/1997 8:20:00 PM
From: john rentchler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Hey Barry, CNBC does more than just report the news...they create it if possible. Ron Ensana asks every guest he interviews "what's worrying you today", and then goes on to exploit that "worry" to the fullest that time will allow. Count on them also to parade every "Bear" available in front of the cameras during a market downturn, panic, rout, or bad news day in order to further exacerbate the move.

To: Barry Grossman who wrote (43135)	12/24/1997 10:43:00 AM
From: Charles Skeen	Respond to of 186894

Re: <<<The empire strikes back . . . >>> Sorry Barry, but I disagree with you on this one. CNBC is in competition with CNNfn and I think that they are perfectly entitled to "color" their reports with catchy phrases like the one above. What's more, I don't even think that there is any evidence of bias in this type of reporting. Perhaps there are a few in the "techie" crowd that can't see it, but I believe that most other observers out there would agree that the Microsoft organization (from Bill Gates to its legal group to its marketing and technical people) has, in fact, behaved in an extremely arrogant fashion, enabled by the advantage that the operating systems give them when it comes to developing new applications. It was incredible to me a few weeks ago when the chief legal counsel person at Microsoft was quoted as saying, in effect, that Janet Reno could GO TO H*LL (sorry, but I don't remember the exact quote). A perfectly good example of how arrogance leads to stupidity! If this was not an open invitation for the Justice Department to come at Microsoft with all at their disposal (including high-priced New York lawyers), I don't know what else it could be. By the way, I hope you caught Jim Cramer ranting about Microsoft on CNBC Squawkbox this morning. Like him, I feel that Microsoft stock has peaked and is in a downtrend for the intermediate term. I am looking to go short MSFT in the new year, after I take profits on my January effect positions. Happy holidays. Charlie.