Paul Krugman Sees CNBC Zombies
Paul Krugman appeared as a guest earlier today on Squawk Box to talk about his new book, and instead got a nice little berating from Joe Kernan & friends, prompting this Krugman blog entry moments later:

Zombies on CNBC

Wow. I just did Squawk Box - allegedly about my book, but we never got there. Instead it was one ( Read more... )

Mark Haines passed away last night, barely a month after his co-anchor, Erin Burnett, left the network. Very sad.

Mark Haines & Erin Burnett


CNBC Anchor Mark Haines Dies Unexpectedly
Veteran journalist Mark Haines, a fixture on CNBC for 22 years, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening. He was 65 years old.

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Yep! You read right. Not that job losses are easing. Not that companies may refrain from net job destruction at some point later in the year. Nope! CNBC readers are being told that monthly negative nonfarm payrolls are an apparent thing of our past, and real job gains could be right around the corner...

CNBC:After a year and a half of declining ( Read more... )

CNBC's First Guest

CNBC's First Guest Ever
Fri. Apr. 17 2009 | 1:50 PM [02:21]
Robert Brusca, chief economist at Fact and Opinion Economics,
was CNBC's first guest ever, back on April 17, 1989.

CNBC turned 20 today

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Fix CNBC!
Dear CNBC -“You knew what the banks were doing, and yet were touting it for months and months. The entire network was.” - Jon Stewart

These now-legendary words were a wake-up call. We’re asking you to wake up.Americans need CNBC to do strong, watchdog journalism - asking tough questions to Wall Street, debunking lies, and reporting the ( Read more... )

As that over this past decade, CNBC has completely allowed itself to become the channel of Kudlow the Wingnut Cheerleader and Cramer the Clown (THEY "are CNCB") and in doing so, losing any real claim to impartial reporting,  now this -

Washington Post:

Outspoken CNBC Anchor Dylan Ratigan Quits
Dylan Ratigan, who hosted the nightly "Fast ( Read more... )

~You can read/watch here as White House press secretary Robert Gibbs is asked about last nights program; "I enjoyed it thoroughly."

Also AmericaBlog observes that it made an impact in the MSM.

You can watch it all in our Mod's own post on the subject.

It should be remembered that Stewart essentially destroyed the once respected CNN talking heads ( Read more... )

Crooks and Liars:
Jon Stewart creams Jim Cramer on the Daily Show

By John Amato Thursday Mar 12, 2009 9:46pm


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