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To: R.E.B. who wrote (1782)	9/25/1998 3:03:00 AM
From: R.E.B.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 17683

More critique: Maria is very professional. She delivers more information about upgrades and downgrades and stock earnings in two minutes than others (Joe) do all day. Maria has good eye contact with the audiance and gets right to the point. Maria, give Joe some pointers, he can't look at the camera to save his life..... he has to look at David Faber (for some reason) to give his delivery a crutch. One positive thing about Joe, he does dress professionally..... but Puulllllleeeeessse, don't talk about your clothes Joe.... WE DON'T CARE, Capishe (sp). Maria, keep up the good work. Mark, your turn. Good delivery, good eye contact, great voice. But, don't you think we change the script a little, every day..... "This is CNBC sqawk box on this Friday, September 25. Our starting lineup .......... our special guest is ...... who will offer his comments throughout the program on the market...... " Let's be a little more personable Mark and give up the teleprompter, O.K. Finally, Mark you are definitely a bull. Can't you say anything negative about any stock, even if its public. Show us viewers that you are willing to discuss the market even if its bad and not be a chearleader for market recovery. And lets talk about some stocks other than the DOW 30 or the S&P 100 or the NASDAQ 100, O.K. One final point.... when you cut to a commerical and you show a chart of the "most actives" or "currency values", my god, give us enough time to read it.......... 3 seconds and then fade, you might as well not even put it there. R.E.B.

To: R.E.B. who wrote (1782)	9/25/1998 2:44:00 PM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17683

Joe is one of the better reporters on CNBC. He is not a teleprompter geek, and his spontaneity is refreshing. His relaxed attitude is an antidote to the frenzied tone of others in the newsroom. While I agree they could broaden the focus of his reports away from the momentum or disaster de jour (I got a little sick of the daily updates on KTEL a few months ago), he knows what he is talking about without putting on airs. And he is good at explaining biotech in layman's terms. This I prefer to happy campers like Tyler Matheson or analyst groupies any day.