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To: Martin Wormser who wrote (1575)	9/2/1998 11:58:00 AM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

If they were taking calls randomly their opinions would be worthless. There is no way any analyst or MM manager can really speak with any authority on more than say, two dozen stocks.

To: Martin Wormser who wrote (1575)	9/4/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Paul Weiss	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 17683

Let's recap. Buy/Sell/Hold is rigged. On air reporters are free to manage their own individual accounts. Touts are not held accountable for their lousy stock pumping. Reporting apparantly is selective (which helps explain the narrow range of stocks reviewed). Frankly, I'm shocked. I expected (suspected) some chicanery, but this goes way beyond my usually suspicious beliefs. I mean there appear to be no ethical standards, a scenario that just begs criminal collusion. Certainly, I have no way of knowing that any laws have been broken, but I now wonder what a grand jury investigation (ala 'The $64,000 Question in the fifties) would find? Harsh words? Yes. Because I perceive a failure to report in a fair and accurate manner; a break in the public trust. Regards, Paul