There are some strange and bizarre things that come up on CNBC. For instance, Rick Santelli, the reporter/commentator at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, tore into colleague Steve Liesman, the network’s senior economics reporter, over claims that senior executives of financial firms failed to disclose material information to “save the world.” The FCC may have had its way with CBS and the “wardrobe malfunction” but I haven’t heard them go after on-air editor Charlie Gasparino’s little four-letter slip up. And then there was the time Gasparino didn’t have what he got. Where else do you go from there?
Jim Cramer, the understated voice of CNBC, and Erin Burnett, notable as the only one at CNBC to have her own show during market hours, have a daily segment called “Stop Trading,” where Burnett asks about certain stocks, and Cramer gives his opinion. They have some pretty good banter, but yesterday’s bit takes the, uh, melon. Have a listen. (You’ll find the link in the paragraph above, or you can just go here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1149483419. I recommend skipping to 1:45 and then 3:48, unless you’re interested in hearing the whole piece.)
