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Burnett: Rumors of cat fights overblown

In a short interview with TV Newser’s Alissa Krinsky, CNBC anchor Erin Burnett downplayed rumors of jealousy and fighting among the CNBC anchors, calling them “ridiculous.”

Here is an excerpt:

3. TVNewser: Before I go on-air, I read:
Burnett: My daily packet at the New York Stock Exchange, prior to Squawk on the Street, includes the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, USA Today, New York Post and Daily News. I flip through all of them, read some articles in full and check a few favorite places. Some for serious news and some for fun. I like to read the horoscopes when I have time (while my anchor Mark Haines reads the comics).

4. TVNewser: Reports of behind-the-scenes rivalry among CNBC’s on-air women are…
Burnett: Ridiculous but give us some good laughs.

5. TVNewser: My favorite memory from Williams College:
Burnett: It is impossible to pick one! But many were sports-related, as one of the things I miss most is field hockey. I remember walking up to the field house from practice with two of my former teammates, roommates and still closest friends Sarah and Melissa. Those walks involved a lot of our best conversations about topics inappropriate for TVNewser.

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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  • "our best conversations about topics inappropriate for TV" what is that supposed to mean. I bet she was quite the fluzy in school

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