Amid the heavy makeup and tight clothing worn by its female anchors and reporters and Neil Cavuto‘s pouting is one nugget at Fox Business Network, writes Troy Patterson on Slate.
“Amid all of these pandering stunts and all this spicy nonsense, one program, The Dave Ramsey Show, stands as a beacon of sanity. It’s a personal-finance show, but Ramsey, a Nashville-based radio host, abjures the drill-sergeant manner and personal-trainer vibe of CNBC’s Suze Orman. The structure is evangelical: Sinners call in to confess their misadventures with car loans and credit cards, and Ramsey preaches his gospel of fiscal responsibility with many a down-home metaphor. ‘We don’t sell microwave ovens,’ he said last week, encouraging a caller’s patience in ridding herself of debt. ‘We sell crockpots.’ Alone among his new colleagues, Ramsey is pushing a useful product. He’s an anomaly on Fox Business, a network thus far devoted to selling itself.”
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