BWHAHAHAHA: Erin Burnett: Voice of the People

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On her new CNN show on Monday night, host Erin Burnett was joined by Rudy Giuliani’s former speechwriter John Avlon and together they heaped condescending scorn on the Wall Street protests while defending the banking industry, offering — as FAIR documented — several misleading statements along the way. Burnett “reported” that while she “saw dancing, bongo drums, even a clown” at the protest, the participants “did not know what they want,” except that “it seems like people want a messiah leader, just like they did when they anointed Barack Obama.” She featured a video clip of herself explaining to one of the protesters that the U.S. Government made money from TARP, and then demanded to know if that changed his negative views of Wall Street.



This is far from the first time Burnett has served as spokesperson for Wall Street; it’s basically what her “journalistic” career is. She angered Bill Maher a couple years ago when arguing that the rich have suffered along with the poor and middle class as part of the financial crisis, :rofl: and that it would be wrong to “soak the rich” because they’re already paying so much taxes. She caused Rush Limbaugh to gush over her when she argued on TV in 2007 that all Americans benefit when the rich get richer: “the majority of Americans directly benefit from what happens on Wall Street,” she proclaimed, just over a year before the financial collapse.



In an interview last year with Vanity Fair, she insisted that people on Wall Street do not have private planes and that “there are a lot of stalwart, solid people on Wall Street. There are just a few shady people providing the fodder for big budget movies”; when asked: “When was the last time you interviewed somebody on Wall Street and said, ‘Enough of your lies, we deserve the truth goddammit?!’”, she would only say in response: “I’d never use the word ‘goddammit’ in an interview.” And then there’s this two-minute video from her 2009 appearance on Meet the Press, compiled by Progressive Change Campaign Committee, in which she repeatedly heaps patronizing scorn on criticisms of Wall Street while defending its virtue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lLWPj5hTkio





Here’s some background about this former NBC News business reporter and current CNN news host, from an article last week:







Needless to say, Burnett and Kosik consider themselves to be opinion-free, objective “reporters.” :rofl: Indeed, this is what Burnett said in the Vantiy Fair interview when asked if she sympathizes too much with the Wall Street plutocrats on whom she purports to report: “My job isn’t to give an opinion but to try and explain what’s happening.” But just like Andrew Ross Sorkin and his protection of and subservience to his “CEO-of-a-major-bank” friend, these people are oozing bias and opinion from every pore of their being. They are so devoted to and immersed in the insular oligarchical world of which they are desperate to be a part that they know and care about nothing else. Expecting them to provide objective, critical assessments of business elites is like expecting a heroin addict to rat out his dealer. :rofl:




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http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/05/erin_burnett_voice_of_the_people/



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:eyes: K&R

On a side note, do these airheads ever feel ashamed of acting the part of living, breathing kewpie dolls, even after achieving scholastic success and professional achievements? I mean, to be reduced to being little more than a squeeze...? I guess money assuages lots of that kind of bad feelings.

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Private schools, private colleges, Goldman Sachs, CNBC.

All the right avenues. All the right moves. She never has known and never will know what it's like to struggle and worst of all, she gives zero fucks about those that have to. That's why she thinks the way she does: because she's an icy, cold hearted, high-maintenance asshole.

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K & R.

a while back.

Monkey-in-the-middle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJKK6oSAXXk


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http://crooksandliars.com/2007/08/12/cnbcs-erin-burnett-we-need-chinas-toxic-food-and-lead-coated-toys-to-keep-economy-strong/


"A lot of people like to say, uh, scaremonger about China, right? A lot of politicians, and I know you talk about that issue all the time. I think people should be careful what they wish for on China. Ya know, if China were to revalue it's currency or China is to start making say, toys that don't have lead in them or food that isn't poisonous, their costs of production are going to go up and that means prices at Wal-Mart here in the United States are going to go up too. So, I would say China is our greatest friend right now, they're keeping prices low and they're keeping the prices for mortgages low, too."


Take your poison and shut up, proles. China is good for business.

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telling them, there's a place just for them to shop or she's on the Walmart board.

A while back someone posted a list of her demands for any prospective suitor--it was as if she fancied herself a princess.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/01/11/erin-burnetts-shopping-list-suitors

1. Pack Your Bags
Any guy who can plan a trip to an exotic locale, such as Mongolia, Mozambique, or Papua New Guinea, would impress me. (Well, this cancels roughly 98% of humans.)

2. Buy Me a New Atlas and Globe
You could unlock my heart by allowing me to dream up my next trip. I love to travel, and hope to eventually set foot in 100 countries. I have many more to go. (Easy for you to say; your trips are very rarely on your dime)

3. Do Something Special for My Parents
Family is important to me, so round-trip business-class tickets to Australia and New Zealand for my parents would earn you big points in my book. (Your pop's a damned Corporate Attorney. He can't afford Down Under??)

4. Relax Me
Yoga keeps me calm, so I'd be impressed if you thought to send a yoga instructor to my apartment for private sessions. (And a simple DVD isn't good enough? Oh, that's right, your Royal Highness Burnett :eyes: )

5. Help Me Work Out
Finding an exercise bike at my door would be great for rainy days when my Raleigh M80 mountain bike and I are stuck indoors. (Or fly me and my Raleigh somewhere sunny, whatever . . .)

6. Edify Me
Reading is a passion of mine, so a gathering with a couple of my favorite authors, especially Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs, and Steel) and Robin McKinley (The Blue Sword) would make for an exceptional evening. (Your favorite authors would probably hate you)

7. Please My Palate
Hiring a personal chef to prepare meals for the few nights a week I am home would be unforgettable. (I'll just get you PF Changs, you'll never know the difference)

8. Send Me Packing
A man who recognizes the importance of my time with the girls is a keeper. A long weekend spa getaway for my sisters and me would be perfection (Sheeee-it . . . if you don't send THEM packing first. HMB.)

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I am an economics junkie and both she and Maria Bartaromo make me sick. They both need to add kneepads to their list. They all but kiss schweiners on the air.

when Maria had Jack Welch on. It was so sickening. She all but gave him a BJ on the air.

Carrying on and on about how great he was at making a profit for GE and getting tough with the unions, praising him. All he did was spin off what he could and fire folks then give himself a big raise. Any idiot can cut, it takes a genius to grow a business. So much for the captains of industry.:sarcasm:

For MY money, Connie Mack on PBS is an excellent business and economic reporter. And I love Max Keiser-but then not everyone can handel his high octane delivery.

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So she basically wants a man to buy her things. Real liberated. Most successful men would find it more fulfilling to pay for a call girl.

If she looked like "this" , she'd not be taken so seriously or fawned over

(random internet photos of random women her age...35)

These women are all fairly representative of what "most" women her age are..pleasant-looking, NOT ugly, but not having that little sparkle that makes the "beautiful people" like Erin tv=worthy..and whose every musing becomes gospel.

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