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moniss

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11. The last time CNBC got this honest was during the

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 12:09 PM

Mar 12

dot com mania when veteran business anchor Mark Haines called out his co-host Joe Kernen over the madness of of interviewing "companies" with no money, no assets, no customers and nothing but "dot com" as part of their name and then watching as soon as the interview ended and the stock of said company rising to the moon. Kernen defended it all and CNBC moved on to full "carnival barker" mode with Jim Cramer etc.

But I remember when Haines said it because the look on Kernen's face was priceless and you could tell the producers giving instructions to the other hosts through their earpieces must have crapped their pants because the quick banter normal for the show stopped and things began to go from silence to "umms" and "wells".

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'At Risk Of My Job': CNBC Reporter Sounds Alarm On 'Insane' Donald Trump Move [View all] highplainsdem Mar 12 OP

I actually just heard that on talk radio underpants Mar 12 #1

Seems to have nailed it. republianmushroom Mar 12 #2

Rule of law as it relates to the dollar Strelnikov_ Mar 12 #3

Yea, typical sanewashing by the cohost "but is this a strategy" Strelnikov_ Mar 12 #4

Ty Good to see someone on that kind of channel speak out. electric_blue68 Mar 12 #5

The convicted felon's "Golden Age" BS is the same BS as Justice matters. Mar 12 #6

Joe Kernon Beachnutt Mar 12 #7

Citizen's arrest for violating the oath of office? dchill Mar 12 #8

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Mar 12 #9

K&R orangecrush Mar 12 #10

The last time CNBC got this honest was during the moniss Mar 12 #11

Liesman will be attacked by POTUS with an uncreative schoolboy pejorative a la Schiff and Newsome. Marcuse Mar 12 #12

It's all Lies man...so will the regime reply. BattleRow Mar 12 #13

The idea that there is a "strategy" 617Blue Mar 12 #14

"Insanity as a strategy" BrianTheEVGuy Mar 12 #15

Speaking of new terms: DENVERPOPS Mar 12 #16

Ashekenazi Jews have a word for this BrianTheEVGuy Mar 12 #17

Heh. Never heard the first one, but having lived in a 2/3rds Jewish neighborhood (Conservative, Reform & Secular) I... electric_blue68 Mar 12 #27

It was the very first Yiddish word I ever learned (putz) BrianTheEVGuy Mar 12 #28

Oy, Ha! electric_blue68 Mar 12 #29

Welllllll.... BrianTheEVGuy Mar 13 #34

Wait, you forgot Chinese Takeout, and a Movie on Xmas Day! 😄👍 electric_blue68 Mar 13 #35

Hey, I learned all the dirty words in Catholic school. calimary Mar 13 #31

Liesman immediately interrupted: "Insanity's not a strategy." LudwigPastorius Mar 12 #18

Liesman is the token liberal on CNBC. Gary 50 Mar 12 #19

It's not insane if it makes Putin smile. eom Festivito Mar 12 #20

Yeah, it's what Putin wants...Mump is a devotee of Putin.. Strings Cha Mar 12 #23

For Vlad Putin, Kraznov's actions are services rendered. Martin Eden Mar 12 #21

My thoughts exactly. Sparkly Mar 12 #24

If you view every word and every action through the lens of "Trump is a Russian asset run by Putin," sop Mar 12 #22

Someone should outright call him a traitor and Soviet Asset. RhapsodyFav Mar 12 #25

Liesman? He's actually a Truthman. BadgerMom Mar 12 #26

Liesman Is Right: "Insanity's not a strategy"! Daleuhlmann Mar 13 #30

Kick SheltieLover Mar 13 #32

Almost as if Trump* and the rethuglicans are DELIBERATELY DESTROYING... Raster Mar 13 #33