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I decided to watch their programs for four hours this morning. There was no substantive analysis on anything besides common sense [censored] a bum would understand. Mostly it was everyone crying for rate cuts. Show hosts: "Does the Fed just not get it?"

Why do they put the sleaziest, most ogreish looking people on their programs? Some of these guys are the car salesmen I see on my local TV commercials.

CAN PETRODOLLARS LEAD YOU TO FAST MONEY?

Holy [censored].

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Relax you're a CNBC fish, try fast money at 5.

Also I have an unhealthy relationship with Maria Bartiromo

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Woah some guy named Bob just had a heart attack on air... or his teleprompter shut off [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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I just heard about that too. Anyone know what happened?

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I saw that too.

Very odd. He looked like he was either having a heart attack or trying to hold back from throwing up. Then, after CNBC cut away to a chart, there was the sound of Bob's microphone hitting something -- almost as if he collapsed onto the desk below him or tossed off his mic to go puke.

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Its like an episode of House.

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bloomberg FTW
cnbc is arright though; kudlow and company + closing bell

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Maria Bartiromo & Erin Burnett get me every time. CNBC provides little information of substance, it's an entertainment station in the same way ESPN is. You have countless "experts" who once played the sport announcing what they think, when in fact they have very little in stake (aside from CEOs whose job it is to raise capital).

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Maria Bartiromo & Erin Burnett get me every time. CNBC provides little information of substance, it's an entertainment station in the same way ESPN is. You have countless "experts" who once played the sport announcing what they think, when in fact they have very little in stake (aside from CEOs whose job it is to raise capital).

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Good call.

As for Bob, I was joking when I talked about the heart attack. I think he would've clenched his chest or uttered painful sounds. I think it really was a technical problem, whether the teleprompter went out or he forgot the opening speech he had memorized, hence him repeating the same phrase over and over as if searching for the next words. If it really was a health problem (or he was so nervous he had to puke) I apologize and wish him the best.

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I sometimes watch CNBC because:

- Erin Burnett is [censored] hot

- Kudlow & Company at 7pm ET often has commentators that are pretty ACist and pro Ron Paul

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Love larry kudlow. Fast money is ok too just for a different perspective

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Is Fox Business any good? We don't have it on Comcast yet, am I missing anything? CNBC stinks.

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Is Fox Business any good?

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No.

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As OP pointed out, it's basically entertainment with propaganga mixed in. I watch these shows and read the WSJ the way a Russian living in the old Soviet Union would read the Pravda. It's not the news. It's the party line.

Last time I tuned in to CNBC, some guy was recommending Citibank at 35. The stock has since dropped to 30.

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Last time I tuned in to CNBC, some guy was recommending Citibank at 35. The stock has since dropped to 30.


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This is the same with all TV analysts. They make recos because that's what viewers want to watch. Anyone who trades using TV recommendations is a fish anyway. Even if it a good pick, it only involves about 5% of the trading decision.

Some of my favourite TV analyst quotes:

"I think it's a stock-pickers market" (isn't it always?)
"I think the stock will outperform" (so, it might drop less than the index?)
"I'm bullish on this stock going forward" (tomorrow? next week/year??)
"It might be time to bank some profits" (why??? - do you know my trade objectives?)

OK. That was fun, she was hot, but what do I do now?

Pleeeease. STFU. Oh, wait...I can do something else other than watch TV.

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Oh, wait...I can do something else other than watch TV.

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Blasphemy obv

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thoughts on jim cramer?

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thoughts on jim cramer?

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Maria Bartiromo & Erin Burnett get me every time. CNBC provides little information of substance, it's an entertainment station in the same way ESPN is. You have countless "experts" who once played the sport announcing what they think, when in fact they have very little in stake (aside from CEOs whose job it is to raise capital).

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Maria, ughh. Ugly, loud, and stupid.

Erin, yumm.

Rick Santelli is gold. I always want to hear what he has to say.

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