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Buffett corrects Dow Jones story by calling CNBC

February 7, 2008

Posted by Chris Roush

Chris Ariens of TV Newser writes Thursday that billionaire investor Warren Buffett called CNBC‘s Becky Quick this morning to correct a misquote in a Dow Jones Newswires story.

Becky QuickAriens wrote, “Quick interrupted CNBC’s Jim Cramer and Steve Liesman to repeat what Buffett was telling her.

“The Newswires story was headlined: Buffett: Dollar ‘Worthless’ If Acct Deficit Persists.

“Buffett told Quick what he really said was the dollar would be ‘worth less.’ Clearly, a very different meaning.”

Read more here, including the Dow Jones Newswires story.

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