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Why Gasparino won't be appearing on Ratigan's CNBC show

John Carney of The Business Insider has an interesting item about how CNBC has banned one of its anchors, Charles Gasparino, from appearing on Dylan Ratigan‘s show on MSNBC to promote his new book about Wall Street.

Carney writes, “We’re told that by a person familiar with the matter that Gasparino has been told he cannot appear on Dylan Ratigan’s MSNBC show to promote the book. It appears that CNBC executives are still upset over Dylan’s defection from the network.

“‘The Dylan thing is still weird,’ one CNBC insider said.

“What makes it truly weird is that both networks are owned by General Electric. Shouldn’t some grownup at the parent company be able to rein in the fighting between the television networks?”

Read more here.

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  • Does anybody even care except for Charlie? I don't see many sitting on the edge of their seats to see what Charlie has to say and certainly what Charlie has to say about a meltdown he failed to identify until he was at the apex of it's heat.

    Funny how the Biz writers want to write about something they were unqualified (not talented enough) to write about before it hit critical levels. i think they call them Monday Morning QB's in sports; at CNBC they call them personalities.

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