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Irish government offers to educate CNBC’s Kernen

An Irish government agency has offered to educate CNBC anchor Joe Kernen, whose on-air gaffe last week about its currency was mocked by many, reports John Aidan Byrne of the New York Post.

Kernen writes, “Jon Brubaker, a spokesman for the the Irish Executive Mentoring Program — which has teamed with Silicon Valley’s Everwise on cloud-based technology used to attract and develop members through mentoring — said professionals like Joe Kernen could apply. He said applicants do not need to hold an Irish passport or have Irish ancestry.

“‘Yes, yes, definitely,’ he said of the idea that Kernen should sign up.

“‘Partnerships are based on a multi-factor matching process, using data from more than 60,000 historic matches, ensuring they are optimized for success,’ according to the promoters.

“CNBC had no comment.”

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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.