Talkback

Despite the fact that I don’t know the difference between a short seller and a short stack, I am still intrigued by the current Wall Street crisis. I guess mother loves watching a good train wreck and this … is a 100-car pile up. To get my market fix on, I tried watching CNBC. The analysis and prognostications of Maria Bartiromo, Dylan Ratigan and crew sounded like a lot of gobbly gook to someone like me who is at least 65% retarded when it comes to finance. (And can’t stand Erin Burnett, who, unlike her colleagues, seems to know less than I do about the markets. She’s all over the place like a bad rash and I’ve just run out of Benedryl.)

So, I decided to try the people’s cable network, Fox Business. Yes, I know that the ratings are so low that they aren’t released but hey, I don’t care if it is popular, I just care that the information presented is understandable. I know that this may sound strange but I feel that the folks at Fox Business care that I get it and seem to work to provide as much “What does it mean for the average person?” information as possible.

Yes, I am sure you noticed that I said “Fox” and “care” in the same sentence. And yes, this is the younger, less popular, foster child of the evil emperor, Fox News Channel known for its heavy-handed partisanship. But Fox Business seems to have almost no political agenda. The talk is not about “Red” or “Blue” but green.

Carla Thompson, The Ride cwrite.wordpress.com

“Putting out ads for your customers saying the station’s owners and the cable owners can’t agree and you as the customer should call and complain is like your divorced parents telling you they don’t like the settlement the court gave them and if you don’t want your allowance cut you should contact the other parent. Getting customers in the way of a money/power struggle between broadcast companies is a s----y way of doing business. You want our input? You want our help? Bring in a la carte packages.”

Steve Levine, Life In Austin lifeinaustin.blogspot.com