Sort of related, in terms of every day seems to show me a NEW LOW for CNBC........so I was more than a little happy to receive a letter from Comcast today saying that on 10/29 we're getting Bloomberg and Fox Business here in Northern Virginia. Thank gods -- I've been tuning out CNBC's rah-rah attitude, World-of-Warcraft soundfx this past month or so because it got SO pathetic it's useless beyond knowing what was 'news' five or ten minutes earlier.
The final straw? During today's sell-off, the market's are going wild, and they're still running the g---damn orange banner shouting "S&P/DOW X.XX from Record Close"....it was kind of amusing to see that number grow as the markets fell. I mean, aside from the cheerleading and focus on "record closes" and "all time highs" they're continuing to pander and go ultra-gimmicky on the financial news side of things while also raising the amount of political coverage....this is (was?) a business (news?) channel, or so I thought -- if I want politics, I'll go to MSNBC or Fox.
At least Bloomberg isn't (from what I can tell) hype-filled and you get some decent analysis/commentary without a lot of special screen wipes and incessant sound effects. Plus, with the full channel now, I can get information in what's generally a HUGE gap in CNBC's schedule -- primetime on Bloomberg won't be game shows or infomercials or reruns, but Asian and European market coverage....infinately more appropriate for a "business" tv network, especially on goofy days like today.
While I don't trade off the TV, I am just thankful to have more choices in business news coverage soon. Thus endeth the rant.
The final straw? During today's sell-off, the market's are going wild, and they're still running the g---damn orange banner shouting "S&P/DOW X.XX from Record Close"....it was kind of amusing to see that number grow as the markets fell. I mean, aside from the cheerleading and focus on "record closes" and "all time highs" they're continuing to pander and go ultra-gimmicky on the financial news side of things while also raising the amount of political coverage....this is (was?) a business (news?) channel, or so I thought -- if I want politics, I'll go to MSNBC or Fox.
At least Bloomberg isn't (from what I can tell) hype-filled and you get some decent analysis/commentary without a lot of special screen wipes and incessant sound effects. Plus, with the full channel now, I can get information in what's generally a HUGE gap in CNBC's schedule -- primetime on Bloomberg won't be game shows or infomercials or reruns, but Asian and European market coverage....infinately more appropriate for a "business" tv network, especially on goofy days like today.
While I don't trade off the TV, I am just thankful to have more choices in business news coverage soon. Thus endeth the rant.