Open Thread

thanks for all the cat advice. 🙂 i wasnt keen on the idea of him eating out of the can either. i ate out of a can once and cut my own tongue so i know what youre talking about bxgirl. im going to listen to the owner tho and go every other day and make sure there is fresh water in a bowl on the floor even tho he said he can drink from the toilet. he said not to worry about the litterbox. how often do you change that? they are gone exactly like a week. that’s gotta smell after a week? im going to change it on my second visit. if the cat isnt a freakazoid tomorrow ill probably just stop by once a day and sit and read for an hour or something.

*rob*

Hmmm, perhaps we should discuss Brooklyn Real Estate for a change.

Nahhhhhhhhhh…

“What did you have for lunch, chicken?

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 13, 2009 10:21 AM”

Jerk chicken and dirty rice (yes, really!). I usually reheat whatever my wife had for her dinner the previous evening.

I saw the Jon Stewart interview and thought it was good, but I think he’s a little off if he thinks the CNBC people are “reporters”. They have a couple of reporters and then a lot of disc jockeys who are on the air for 4-hour shifts. To muddle the analogy, it’s like blaming the play-by-play announcers for the steroid era.

I do think Jim Cramer has a better grasp of what shady stuff goes on in hedge funds and the like — having participated — than most people there, and does call them out here and there.

I think he should have been talking to Mark Hoffman or any of the other higher ups at CNBC about getting more reporters on staff. Altho maybe there’s no drama in that.

Posted by: Ringo at March 13, 2009 9:50 AM

This is certainly an argument against today’s 24 hour news cycle and the need to fill dead air.

It’s fine to regurgitate basic facts but I think there is a gaping hole for some more in-depth investigative journalism. One could argue that this is partly the job of the analyst (whether sell-side or buy-side).

One thing that Fidelity used to do when I was a sell-side analyst (and they probably still do it today) was to invite both a Bull and a Bear on a particular stock to a lunch meeting and have a semi-formal debate. Both analysts have the chance to present their case, followed by some Q&A.

I think something similar in a television format could make for some interesting viewing as long as they got “colourful” analysts. Anybody know anything about pitching ideas to the networks?