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Jason Linkins

CNBC Devotes Hour To "Future Of Capitalism" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Larry Fink, Cliff-Asness, Media Criticism, Cnbc, Financial Crisis, Banking Crisis, Financial News, Media News

CNBC apparently had a "Meeting Of The Minds," that was apparently very important to watch. It was about the future of Capitalism! It was in a special, dark room!

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China Bans Foreign Financial News Services

Financial Times | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Thomson Reuters, Foreign Affairs, Financial News Services, China Financial News Services, Financial News, China Financial Crisis, Bloomberg, Financial TImes, China Media Censorship, Reuters, China Financial Services, China, China-Media, Advocacy, World News

China raised the spectre of renewed international trade friction over market access for foreign financial information providers as the government said...

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 20, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Andrew Sullivan, Totture, Bloggers, Filibuster, Financial News, Eliot Spitzer, Jane Harman Wiretap, Jane Harman AIPAC, Jane Harman, Media Criticism, Budget Reconciliation, Blogging, Torture Memos, Media News

Imagine you had invited me to your home for some sort of potluck dinner, and I had promised to bring a freshly baked pie, only to show up with a pie p...

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Corporate Jets and Executive Compensation May Not Be All Bad -- A Media House Cleaning

Brian Ross | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, President Obama, Corporate Jets, Media, Barack Obama, Reporting, Cnbc, Fox Business, Financial-News, Maria Bartiromo, Financial Crisis, Fox News, Wall Street Scandal, Corporate Bailout, Wall Street, News, Media News
Brian Ross

Even if Average Joe is not a wonk, surely we can tell the story in a way that presents the facts more completely, instead of the smoke-and-mirrors scandals of this airplane or that deal.

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Financial Journalists Fail Upward

Thomas Frank | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Jim Cramer, Financial Crisis, Jon Stewart Jim Cramer, Financial News, Jon Stewart, Cnbc, Infotainment, Media News
Thomas Frank

If the world of financial infotainment can itself be described as a "market," it is a market where accountability does not seem to exist.

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Strange Times: Good News Would be Big News

Tim Berry | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Financial Crisis, News Values, Financial News, Media News, U.S. Economic Crisis, Economic News, Media News
Tim Berry

This isn't "the media," it's the reality. We've got the Dow tanked, the banks teetering, property values down, stocks and bonds down, huge unemployment, falling profits. This is a real storm.

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It's CNBC That Has Not Yet Hit Bottom

Dan Solin | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Jon Stewart, Stock Market, Cnbc, Financial Crisis, Rick Santelli, Financial News, Jim Cramer, Financial Advice, Business News
Dan Solin

Watching CNBC is harmful to your financial health.

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Jason Linkins

CNBC Jon Stewart Response: "Bizarrely Obsessed" With Santelli

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Cnbc, Jon Stewart, Media Criticism, Rick Santelli, Financial Crisis, Dealbreaker, Financial News, The Daily Show, Media News

CNBC says that Santelli opted out of going on the Daily Show because he felt Stewart was "bizarrely obsessed" with him. You know, in the way that he kept trying to "book" him by "calling" him "repeatedly."

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W&W: Can Saving the Economy Save Us From Spurious Sarah News?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Biden, Charlie Gibson, Barack Obama, Teresa Valdez Klein, Black Monday, Mccain, Market Crash, Politics, Sarah Palin, Wilshire and Washington, Financial News, Maegan Carberry, Palin, Ted Johnson, Politics News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

So, sorry, Ms. Palin, but something happened on Wall Street to bump you off the front page. A little major market crash, that's all. Now, the candidat...

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