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Jeff Poor | April 2, 2009

With the G20 meeting in London, there have been raucous protests – clashes with police in riot gear, destruction of property at nearby banks and even the death of one man from a heart attack. And the media have gone out of their way to cover…

Jeff Poor | April 1, 2009

With the economy suffering a steep downturn and a new hands-on approach by the federal government to correct it, financial news outlets have received increasing scrutiny. None more so than CNBC.

 

The cable channel, along with…

Jeff Poor | March 27, 2009

Another episode of MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” another angry rant about a conservative disagreeing with liberal agenda – how predictable.

On the March 26 broadcast of “Countdown,” Olbermann set his sights on Rep. Joe…

Jeff Poor | March 26, 2009

There’s nothing like populist outrage from a multi-millionaire advertising mogul with a spot on CNBC.

 

Donny Deutsch, the host of “The Big Idea,” a show the network has shelved, explained to viewers on the March 25 broadcast of…

Jeff Poor | March 25, 2009

CNBC looks to be making another left turn.  After the network announced Democratic National Committee chairman and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean as a “CNBC contributor,” the network has gone even farther.

According a status update…

Jeff Poor | March 24, 2009

Could this be another case of a chastened CNBC succumbing to criticism from the left to improve its image?

 

Just a day after CNBC named former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean a CNBC contributor, an…