Mark Haines

Here Is My Economic Dream Team

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business


Arianna Huffington

I have my found my economic Dream Team... on the set of CNBC's Squawk Box (Hint: it's not Rick Santelli and Mark Haines). READ MORE The Stress Tests Fail The Smell Test The Obama administration's ongoing loyalty to Wall Street is a virus that holds far more danger than the swine flu. READ MORE Watch: Arianna Testifies to the Senate About the Future Of Journalism Watch: Arianna Guest Hosts CNBC'S Squawk Box Watch: Arianna Talks Torture, Military Preparedness, Bank Stress Tests on CNN's The Situation Room Watch: Arianna Discusses the Future Of Journalism with Peggy Noonan and the Morning Joe Crew

The Genius of Glenn Beck

Lionel | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media


Lionel

Glenn Beck does it all. I saw his genius in that classic post hemorrhoid surgery YouTube piece. God only knows what the hell that was about, but I watched it, muttering, "Beck is a genius."

CNBC Host Mark Haines: Attention To Executive Pay Is "Getting Scary" (VIDEO)

Think Progress/TPM | Posted 04.23.2009 | Media


CNBC host Mark Haines made yet another comment in defense of Wall Street and bailed out banks today. As Think Progress is continuously pointing out, ...

Jason Linkins

CNBC's Haines Fights Dem Rep. Sherman On AIG Bonuses (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics


Owning these CNBC hacks: it's not just for cable TV comedians anymore! Via the folks at TPM, here's video of CNBC's Mark Haines, who just cannot imag...

CNBC Host: Wall Street Firms Can't 'Be Run Well' By People Making Under $250,000 (VIDEO)

thinkprogress.org | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business


As several bloggers and television pundits have noted, CNBC has consistently advocated on behalf of the interests of the rich during the recent financ...

CNBC's Clueless Mark Haines Calls Me "Clueless" on Morning Joe: I Respond

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.07.2009 | Business


Arianna Huffington

Haines, clearly still wearing his Wall Street blinders -- and still speaking out for the Marie Antoinettes of the Meltdown -- was apoplectic over my suggestion that taxpayers should stop subsidizing equity holders in insolvent banks.

CNBC's Mark Haines Mocks Automakers: "Please Give Us Money, We Screwed It Up"

CNBC | Posted 12.20.2008 | Business


CNBC Squawk On The Street anchor Mark Haines has spent a lot of time in the last week berating American automakers as they have been lobbying for a $2...

Mark Haines Thinks Auto Promises Are Baloney

CNBC | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business


CNBC Squawk On The Street anchor and reliable curmudgeon Mark Haines doesn't trust the Big Three automakers -- Ford, GM and Chrysler -- to behave with...

Mark Haines Thinks Treasury Treats US Like Mushrooms: Kept In Dark, Fed BS

CNBC | Posted 12.13.2008 | Business


CNBC's Squawk On The Street anchor Mark Haines had a unique analogy for the way he thinks the Treasury Department has been handling the economic rescu...