In Los Angeles, in the '80s we use to have a UHF business channel called KWHY, Gene Morgan would review hand drawn charts right after the close on the major indices and key movers.
Husbands loved their wives, Moms loved their kids, the telephone was glued to the kitchen wall and everything was fine in Western civilization.
KWHY merged with cable channel FNN which brought on Bill Griffith, Ron Insana and LaLa Liz. Griffith reminds me how it once use to be, a class act.
It all started to go downhill during the dot com mania. Bartoromo, Cavuto, one Asian, one black, 2.7 women for every man, and that pompadour helmeted Kiernan guy who gets a hard on everytime the market makes a new high.
The breathless posts relaying nothing but price action from every exchange along with having two guests who apparently must be polar opposites on every issue, I find mindumbing. I watch it briefly with the volume on so I will get a sense of where the "doctors, dentists and the herd' will be for the day. Then I hit the mute button, and off to Bloomberg.
This new wingnut Erin Burnett, Maria 2.0, who feels the need to show every guest how smart she is by nodding her head at every phrase they utter is a new low.
Fox will bring a new low to the genre, if that is possible.
I can see Bill Kristol, and Paul Wolfowitz, Bolten and company on to give their "insightful' views on why we need to invade Iran every time OPEC makes a statement, or the crude build is smaller than expected.
I just turn it off an listen to classical music and fly by my instruments.
To make a long story endless, I wouldn't mind bending Melissa Francis over a Buy ticket!