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CNBC goes too easy on Harvard

Mark Perigard of the Boston Herald reviews the CNBC special show airing Wednesday about Harvard Business School and comes away unimpressed with the effort.

Perigard writes, “‘Chaseâ€? finds the courage to ask whether anyone needs a Harvard MBA. The lack of one never hurt Warren Buffett or Bill Gates, Quintanilla notes.

“Elsewhere, though, the hour suffers from a lack of critical awareness. Quintanilla, co-anchor of CNBC’s ‘Sqwawk Box,’ comes off as a cross between an eager puppy and a potential applicant.

“After a brief aside regarding convicted felon and ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, a 1979 grad, Quintanilla asks the school’s dean, ‘Has the school taken too hard a knock because Jeff Skilling went here?’

“The kids at Nick News could pitch a better hardball.

“It must be noted that the review copy cut off with a few moments remaining in the hour. It would be astonishing if the program took any hard-hitting swerves.”

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