Columnist slams CNBC coverage
Nashua Telegraph columnist Tony Paradiso took exception to CNBC’s coverage this past week of the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a new high. Paradiso wrote, “With the exception of David Faber, the staff at CNBC can best be described as three-card Monte cons in suits. “Repeatedly, these financial four-flushers reinforced the legitimacy of the Dow […]
Cramer makes investing look too easy
An article in Kiplinger’s Personal Fianance about “Mad Money” show host Jim Cramer argues that the former hedge fund manager is making investing look too simplistic and easy to the average person.Andrew Feinberg wrote, “At any rate, Cramer’s detractors have trouble acknowledging his fabulous long-term record, as if being too much of a clown prohibits […]
Talking Biz News celebrates one-year anniversary
The blog Talking Biz News celebrates its first birthday today, Aug. 31, 2006. The idea for a blog devoted to the discussion of issues surrounding business journalism and news events actually goes back to mid-2005 as part of talks among members of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers’ education committee. It just took […]
Berko: Cramer only one in wrestling ring
Syndicated business columnist Malcolm Berko was asked by one of his readers about “Mad Money” Jim Cramer and what he thought about the show. Berko replied in his column published Sunday. He wrote, “Watching Jim Cramer’s bombast, his hysterics, philippic, harangue and theatrics is like watching a World Wrestling Federation match and not knowing for […]
Ranking of best critics of business journalism
Here is a list of the best critics today of business journalism. These rankings are based on my personal opinion from reading their writing for the past year. Feel free to argue. The point of these rankings is this: The field of business journalism needs to analyze itself so that it can get better. Without […]
Cramer: USA Today blew stock market story
If you want to make money, “don’t look at news headlines about the stock market,” said Jim Cramer on his “RealMoney” radio show Wednesday. He pointed to a piece in USA Today’s business section as a prime example. The paper attributed Tuesday’s stock rally to lower oil prices, but Cramer said that the opposite was […]
Friedman's column criticizing Cramer draws reader responses
MarketWatch columnist Jon Friedman criticized the antics of CNBC “MadMoney” host Jim Cramer earlier this month, and he wrote earlier this week that the column on Cramer drew the most responses he has ever received from readers. Friedman wrote, “I had written a column respectfully criticizing the over-the-top antics of CNBC’s wild Jim Cramer. Readers […]
Vonage fights back against Cramer
Viewers of Jim Cramer’s “Mad Money” show on CNBC know that he has been belittling Vonage, even going as far as to bring a toy dog onto the set and have a barking sound, implying that the company is not a good stock. Now, Vonage is retaliating against Cramer, according to this story. Marguerite Reardon […]
Barnako disagrees with Friedman about Cramer
Marketwatch columnist Frank Barnako disagrees with fellow columnist Jon Friedman, who wrote last week that CNBC’s Jim Cramer was an embarrassment. Barnako wrote, “Friedman says ‘shame’ on Cramer for putting some life into Mad Money. Sure, the creator of the Booyah Bear sometimes sounds like a barker on a carnival midway, but who’s he hurting? […]
Variety takes a look at CNBC
Variety reporter Michael Learmonth writes about business news network CNBC, noting that the cable network has plans to expand its evening audience. Learmonth writes, “With a hit in Jim Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ at 6 p.m. and ‘On the Money’ at 7, [CNBC President Mark] Hoffman is now attempting to establish a beachhead at 8 by […]
