AT&T CEO Tells CNBC Tax Reform Will Spur Investment, Hiring

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May 4th, 2017 3:20 PM
The CEO of AT&T insisted that tax reform spurs business investment, which will lead to hiring and wage growth in an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box a week after the president proposed reforms. AT&T CEO and chairman Randall Stephenson sat down with the Squawk Box crew on May 4, to discuss several issues including the possibility and impact of a tax reform plan on the U.S. economy.…
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Former Obama Official Tries to Backtrack After Implying Intel Leaks

March 30th, 2017 11:28 AM
On CNBC’s Squawk Box on March 30, a former senior Obama administration official tried to take back her earlier admission that the former administration tried to “get as much information” as possible on Trump and his associates before the transition of power – but she only dug herself in deeper.
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CNBC Reports Small Business Optimism at ‘Historically High Levels’

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March 15th, 2017 3:14 PM
Wall Street has been brimming with optimism since President Donald Trump’s election, but Main Street’s optimism soared as well. Some say the new GOP health insurance bill may keep that going.CNBC reporter Kate Rogers said that “Main Street’s outlook post-election is still holding at historically high levels according to the National Federation of Independent Business.”
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CNBC’s Santelli: People Want to ‘Put Cold Water’ on Trump Rally

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February 17th, 2017 3:11 PM
Rather than rejoice over the stock market rally, many people are pushing economic pessimism and that upset CNBC’s Rick Santelli. The CNBC editor and contributor complained about the pessimism on Squawk Box Feb. 16. “Much of the world always finds something to cheer about, always finds hope in every stock market. This particular rally, because of the president, everybody wants to put cold water on…
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NYSE Group President Says Trump’s Economic Plans ‘Already Working’

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January 19th, 2017 5:03 PM
It’s working. President-elect Donald Trump’s talk of lowering corporate tax rates and reducing regulation is already helping the economy, according to New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Group President Tom Farley. Farley shared his views on the economy and the causes of the recent stock market rally with CNBC’s Squawk Box on Jan. 18. Squawk Box anchors interviewed Farley live from Davos, Switzerland…
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MRC’s Dan Gainor: ‘No Neutrality’ at The New York Times

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January 4th, 2017 11:35 AM
MRC Vice President of Business and Culture Dan Gainor ripped the liberal media for its anti-Trump, pro-Clinton bias. “There is no neutrality at The New York Times,” Gainor told After the Bell host Dan Asman before pointing out the double standard in how differently the Times covered Democratic and Republican presidents. 
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AP, NY Times Have No Room For Bill Gates' Optimism About Trump

December 14th, 2016 4:10 PM
Tuesday on CNBC, Microsoft co-founder and multibillionaire Bill Gates recounted a conversation he had with Donald Trump a couple of weeks ago. He had fairly nice things to say about both the conversation and the potential of the incoming Trump administration. Naturally, neither the Associated Press nor the New York Times found these elements of the CNBC interview to be newsworthy.
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‘Mainstream Media Is a Loser’ After Election, Says CNBC’s Joe Kernen

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November 9th, 2016 12:13 PM
Squawk Box host Joe Kernen blasted the “mainstream media” as the election loser saying certain outlets should accept humiliation. “The mainstream media is a loser in this and not just in trying to analyze what was happening but trying to influence and affect what was happening,” Kernen said on Nov. 9.  
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CNBC’s Kernen: NYT Staff Has ‘Honorary Position’ in Clinton Campaign

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November 8th, 2016 8:47 AM
CNBC’s Joe Kernen slammed anti-Trump media bias on Nov. 8, and branded the New York Times as an honorary member of the Clinton campaign. He joked that The New York Times staff had “honorary position” in the Clinton campaign.  

CNBC’s Harwood Denies Allegation of ‘Collusion’ With Clinton Campaign

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November 7th, 2016 5:26 PM
Leaked emails from the Clinton campaign cast doubts on CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood’s ability to be an objective reporter when it came to Hillary Clinton. But after The Hill accused Harwood on Nov. 7, of colluding with the Clinton campaign, he denied the charge on Twitter.  
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WikiLeaks: CNBC's Becky Quick Pledges to 'Defend' Obama Appointee

October 13th, 2016 5:01 PM
Ever since WikiLeaks began releasing once-private messages from Hillary Clinton campaign chief John Podesta, people have had even more hard evidence of the mainstream media’s support for and collusion with Democratic Party operatives and campaigns. One recent example shows CNBC’s Becky Quick -- the co-host of the channel’s popular show Squawk Box and a co-moderator with John Harwood at a 2015…
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Squawk Box Ethics? Skips How Harwood Cozied Up To Clinton Campaign

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October 11th, 2016 2:10 PM
The Wikileaks emails are revealing not only how close the press is to Clinton, but how much they’ll hide it. No one on Squawk Box confronted CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood about leaked emails showing him cozying up to Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
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Baseball Legend Johnny Bench Endorses Trump on ‘Squawk Box’

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October 3rd, 2016 11:17 AM
National Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench threw his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and argued on CNBC’s Squawk Box that Trump could “change Washington.” “I’m going for Donald,” Bench said on Oct. 3.
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Jack Welch: Clinton’s ‘Climate Justice’ Plan is ‘Lawyer Protection’

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September 20th, 2016 3:13 PM
Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch tore into Hillary Clinton’s policies on Squawk Box, arguing that her push for climate justice was de facto “lawyer protection." "Basically what it is, it just takes care of the lawyers,” Welch said on Sep. 20 of Clinton’s plan to promote “climate justice.”