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To: JPM who wrote (1781)	9/25/1998 2:27:00 AM
From: R.E.B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

I thought this was the CNBC critique, here goes: Joe Kernan is a turd. Every time its his turn to babble, he stalls, plays with his stupid tie, plays with his stupid ball point pen and talks to Mark about mindless dribble: "Now it's time for stocks to watch, here's joe" "Thanks Mark, you know, how do you like my tie? I'm playing golf later today. What about my hair, do you like my hair cut?" Aaahhhhhhhhhhhh! SHUT UP JOE ! I don't have a clue why he is even there. Here's how the conversation should unfold: MARK: "Now it's time for stocks to watch, here's joe." JOE: "Thanks Mark, you know I'm never prepared at this hour. In fact I just made it to work and have not even looked at a single stock yet. In fact, I don't even own any stocks." MARK: "Its O.K. Joe, David will be here shortly and you can ask him stupid questions while you look at your computer screen for the first time and try to act like you know what you are talking about." JOE: "You know Mark, ever since I got back from Hawaii, all I've been thinking about is 'doing' Maria Bartriomo, and she won't have anything to do with me. Do you like my hair today?" MARK: "Don't worry Joe, David will be here soon and you can lean on him while you fumble around for charts and earnings." JOE: "All I know is INTC, AMD, IBM, CD, SOC, DELL, MOT and CPQ. I can't talk about anything else unless someone helps me." MARK: "Joe, do you know what an option is? Do you know what selling short it? Do you know what a bull market is?" JOE: "Of course I do, an option is weather or not to wear a condom. A short seller is a person under 5' 2" tall (M) or 4' 6" tall (F). A bull market is where I buy steaks for dinner. Do you think I'm stupid or something?' MARK: "We'll be right back after a short break." JOE, GET A NEW JOB AND GET OFF MY T.V. R.E.B.

To: JPM who wrote (1781)	9/25/1998 12:58:00 PM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Respond to of 17683

Then I'll get back to original point...the irresponsibility of modern TV journalism in dealing with scientific issues. This has been responsible for the McMartin Preschool disaster, sudden acceleration syndrome, the heterosexual AIDS epidemic, breast implant scare, recovered memories, cancer causing electromagnetic power lines. Remember cell phones causing brain tumors? We couldn't escape the news, we couldn't find the retraction. 49er's reaction to my skepticism illustrates how powerful the media can be in throwing gasoline on flammable situations. This is an era reminiscent of the Crucible, but the Enlightenment obviously doesn't sell.