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CNBC: Don't Worry, '$4 Gas Isn't That Big of a Deal
April 5th, 2012 4:39 PM
In an opinion piece for CNBC.com on Wednesday, Street Signs anchor Brian Sullivan argued: "...for the majority of the country, $4 gas isn't going to doom us or our economy....right now it just doesn't add up. After all, it looks like $5 is the new $4 when it comes to gas prices and the economy."
Sullivan cited new car sales being on the rise, with those vehicles having better gas mileage,…
CNBC: Stocks Rise on 'Growing Expectations' of Obama Reelection
February 29th, 2012 2:15 PM
On CNBC's Behind the Money blog on Wednesday, Fast Money executive producer John Melloy promoted a left-leaning theory as to why the stock market has been on the rise lately: "While President Obama may not be Wall Street's ideal candidate, stock prices are rising on growing expectations he will be re-elected this November."
Melloy pointed to long-term political certainty as a reason for…
Howard Dean: 'Very Conservative Women Want Their Kids, Their Daughters
February 16th, 2012 11:04 AM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, the perilously liberal media have been focusing a great deal of attention on contraception in order to assist President Obama's narrative that Republicans want to take away everyone's birth control.
Doing his part on MSNBC's Morning Joe Thursday was CNBC contributor Howard Dean who actually said with a straight face, "Very conservative women want their kids…
Rick Santelli in 60 Seconds Describes Difference Between Tea Party and
February 14th, 2012 7:35 PM
CNBC's Rick Santelli in 60 seconds Tuesday perfectly described the difference between the Tea Party and the Occupy movement.
Responding to a question from "Squawk Box" guest host Arthur Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute, Santelli dispelled the notion that "the Tea Party's done" (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
Suze Orman: Obama Averaged '200,000 Jobs a Month' in 2012, 'He’s Don
February 4th, 2012 2:14 PM
CNBC's Suze Orman bills herself as an "internationally acclaimed personal financial expert."
This "financial expert," appearing on HBO's Real Time Friday, said that in 2012, "We are average [sic] 200,000 jobs a month that are being created...[Obama's] done so much in the past four years I can’t even tell you" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Appearing on 'Kudlow Report,' Bozell Hits ABC News for 'October Surpri
January 20th, 2012 8:25 AM
At the very least the timing of ABC News's interview with Gingrich ex-wife Marianne Gingrich is suspect. At the very worst, it is completely inappropriate if it failed to be newsworthy and respectful, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell told CNBC's Larry Kudlow on his January 19 Kudlow Report.
"In some respects, aren't they obliged to get it out as fast as they can," Kudlow countered, adding…
CNBC Posts, Retracts 'Bain Advised Obama/GM' Report
January 13th, 2012 12:02 PM
UPDATE: James Pethokoukis at the American Enterprise Institute's blog has more, including the possibility that the original story misidentified "Bain Consulting," as well as a theory as to the story's original source.
It looks like someone ran with something they thought was too good to check.
A retraction described as a "Correction" currently on CNBC's web site tells readers: "A previous…
Jack Welch: 'Romney Is the Most Qualified Leader I've Ever Seen Run fo
January 9th, 2012 9:00 AM
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch on Monday said, "In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the Presidency of the United States."
Appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box, Welch included John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama in this analysis (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
CNBC's Joe Kernen Rips John Harwood's Knee-Jerk 'Global Warming' React
December 29th, 2011 12:04 PM
After the news portion of a "Warmer Weather Hurting Retail" segment on the impact of the mild winter on retail sales thus far appearing early this morning on CNBC, Joe Kernen and John Harwood got into it over the relevance and influence of so-called "global warming" (I guess Harwood didn't get the memo that it's "climate change" now).
Picking up at the 2:10 mark of the video:
Debate Host Harwood Tells the Tale of Rick Perry's 'Oops' Moment, and
November 15th, 2011 9:55 AM
John Harwood, chief Washington correspondent for CNBC, co-hosted the GOP debate in Michigan last Wednesday, and had a hand in Perry’s infamous debate “oops” moment, when the Texas governor was unable to list all three of the federal agencies he planned to eliminate as president. On Monday Harwood revealed that a CNBC producer helped prod Perry’s long, awkward moment by shouting a directive into…
Newt Mocks Bartiromo's 'Funny' Defense of the Liberal Media
November 10th, 2011 11:28 AM
During Wednesday night's presidential debate, Newt Gingrich could barely restrain his amusement as co-moderator Maria Bartiromo defended the liberal media's reporting of the economy.
Bartiromo took umbrage after Gingrich's asserted, "What is amazing to me is the inability of much of our academic world and much of our news media and most of the people on Occupy Wall Street to have a clue…
Flashback: CNBC GOP Debate Moderator John Harwood Blamed 'Crazy' Repub
November 9th, 2011 4:23 PM
Before being tapped to be one of the moderators at CNBC's upcoming Republican presidential debate, John Harwood was ranting against the GOP for causing the summer debt crisis. Appearing on NBC's Today in July, Harwood warned: "...the House Republican caucus...would not accept what President Obama needed to make a deal...It's crazy politics, what they're doing..."
When the U.S. later lost its…
CNBC's Brian Sullivan to MSNBC's Bashir: Have Me On to Debate Lefty Na
October 28th, 2011 5:16 PM
Nation magazine writer Ari Berman carped on today's Martin Bashir program on MSNBC that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) wants to take America back into "a new Gilded Age," an "era of the robber barons where the top one percent" would control the nation's wealth.
Immediately after that segment, Bashir turned to CNBC's Brian Sullivan for the day's "CNBC Market Wrap," a look looking at how the nation's…
UPDATED | Obama Energy Dept. Literally Re-writing History; Will Media
October 19th, 2011 6:35 PM
Update (10:00 EDT, Oct. 20): CNBC has an update/correction on the story:
<<Update: On Wednesday evening, a Department of Energy spokesman said that the press releases had been returned to their original content as a result of CNBC's inquiry about the changes.
Correction: A previous headline on this article incorrectly characterized the press releases as being related to Solyndra…