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To: wlheatmoon who wrote (47501)	2/16/1999 6:46:00 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

<<Mark Haines interviewed FGI CEO last week and disclosed that he owns FGI and was concerned about the oil service sector. Doesn't sound like they're neutral to me.>> Not only not neutral, but down right unprofessional. And this is not the first time he mentioned he has FGI. He mentioned a couple of times before. This is ridiculous.

To: wlheatmoon who wrote (47501)	2/16/1999 6:55:00 PM
From: accountclosed	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

By linking Ron Insana's post, I wasn't trying to say that I was an authority on the CNBC policy of stock ownership. But when I saw your post I remembered that I had read Ron's statement and thought it was appropriate. I am not familiar with the Mark Haines interview that you are mentioning, but I do know that often Mark asks tough questions and is skeptical of guests. Bill Meehan recently commented that Mark Haines was the best on tv. techstocks.com . During that conversation, you took a different perspective on Haines, I thought: techstocks.com My take on this situation with Ted and others that are commentators on CNBC, I documented here techstocks.com . I think that in many cases these people are just doing their job. They often only read a teleprompter. It would be an ideal world if everyone could always speak one's mind with the honor and conscience of a founding father of our country. But in fact these are ordinary people that have families to feed and are just fitting into a mania that is bigger than any of us. Ratings dictate policy I'm sure at CNBC and the vast majority of viewers are bullish. Not everyone has the editorial or moral authority of an Alan Abelson to tell it like it is. I would like to say that I gave Ted David a hard time a few times on this thread, and I would like to apologize to him.