I am just so tired of the bullshit in the business media. I call BS, not in generalities or as an ad hominem attack, but by providing their own comments in the videos archived on their own website. The victim is always the retail viewer who believes the BS because, well... they are on TV. My roots are in consumer advocacy started with being a "Nader Raider" when I was 22 years old. Then, as a professional I was interviewed more than 50x by Barrons Alan Abelson - mostly pointing out market and company excesses (again to protect the average joe). Strategists, guests, panelists, money managers and analysts in the business media suffer from "Group Stink" - enjoying the comfort of the herd. This has stuck with me. I am always concerned that the little guy gets a fair shake and is not taken advantage of. I see Fin TV, at times (especially at or near tops) as a value destroyer when the tide has begun to recede because there is no accountability (just look at @jimlebenthal repeated picks like $MU $1100 to $700 in a nano second, or $CAT from Weiss or $CRWV etc), time stamps and common sense - as panelists and guests polish their images by taking no ownership of magnificent losing ideas, etc. The same applies to soft ball interviews with company managements. When correspondent at CNBC Rooney interviewed Sam Bankman Fried one month before he was jailed - that was the final straw for me. Make no mistake I have no concession on the truth - but I am transparent (and timestamp in real time on @thestreetpro.com), freely admit my mistakes (which are many) - but perform bona fide analysis and am rigorous in modelling companies. And when I challenge someone like @jonnajarian (as I did this morning) about non market comments... its not about politics - its about being hypocritical. @KeithMcCullough @RPKInvestor @HedgeyeDJ
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