To: Blue Snowshoe who wrote (1137 ) 4/27/1999 12:40:00 PM From: Joana Tides Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Howdy Blue, gotta vote Q.2) A & B as you probly guessed from my previous post when I said my opinion of Who They All Are (just in it for themselves) and why I think so. Yep, Mark would be paid just like the rest of 'em, paid to be just another newsblubberer clone who answers to his bosses and their pals not to us as the minor low-consumption audience segmentaries we must be. The job would pay better and better when the advertisers (big brokers, funds, other Cos in competition, is Go2net an advertiser on there?) are pleased & more market share is garnered by spinning that raw wool in whatever weave du jour fits the agenda. And then their film editors get their hands on it and refine that desired spin even more. Not all the time of course, just hidden between the good stuff. Like any form of news media, why should they try to be any better? They're all like that. Can't stand listening, reading is bad enough. Listening is too much of a distraction to my trying-to-stay-mellow thought patterns to sift through the input overload for a nugget once in awhile; keeping away from it is better for my work efficiency. I've seen it mentioned many times in forums, how can anyone be an investor and not listen to CNBC? I do just fine without it. I used to watch Bloomberg when it was on broadcast channel here then stopped before they took it off, because I got too many bum steers from it & it slowed me down too much. I just start the day with Techride, WSJ, and prnewswire, then keep watching my portfolio changes and new news, read my links on the internet, stay on stocksite, freerealtime, Techride and SI stock threads, listen to outdoors or music, and call the broker when the time comes. It's all my nerves can really take.
