Comments on: Back in the USSA http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:25:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: hue http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236871 hue Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:35:56 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236871 in newsrooms i've worked in, not havebeen in, the business desk can't even coordinate with the city desk, but you know better since you've been in a newsroom. in newsrooms i’ve worked in, not havebeen in, the business desk can’t even coordinate with the city desk, but you know better since you’ve been in a newsroom.

]]> By: hue http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236869 hue Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:32:54 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236869 yes hoffer, you're right, all newsrooms wait for talking points from corporate directors every morning to proceed. yes hoffer, you’re right, all newsrooms wait for talking points from corporate directors every morning to proceed.

]]> By: Gene http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236861 Gene Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:08:16 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236861 Obama's Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662822,00.html Translated from German. So much for the thesis of universal popularity in Europe... Obama’s Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662822,00.html

Translated from German. So much for the thesis of universal popularity in Europe…

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236834 Mark E Hoffer Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236834 hue, two things..yes, as a matter of fact, I have been 'in a Newsroom', and...if you think that Corp. Directors are, merely, potted plants in the boardroom, you should see the inside of one, you know, for a change.. or, IOW, if you, really, think that the dude(-ette) wearing the "Editor"-cardtag on his/her CubeFarm lanyard is freewheeling the 'what to print' decisions, by all means, show the Who&Where.. hue,

two things..yes, as a matter of fact, I have been ‘in a Newsroom’, and…if you think that Corp. Directors are, merely, potted plants in the boardroom, you should see the inside of one, you know, for a change..

or, IOW, if you, really, think that the dude(-ette) wearing the “Editor”-cardtag on his/her CubeFarm lanyard is freewheeling the ‘what to print’ decisions, by all means, show the Who&Where..

]]> By: FT.com | Money Supply | Economics news headlines http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236808 FT.com | Money Supply | Economics news headlines Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:40:06 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236808 [...] Europe’s view of the ‘USSA’ – Big Picture [...] [...] Europe’s view of the ‘USSA’ – Big Picture [...]

]]> By: DiggidyDan http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236780 DiggidyDan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:14:26 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236780 Also, Colorado is too effin' cold for this native floridian in the winter. hahaha Also, Colorado is too effin’ cold for this native floridian in the winter. hahaha

]]> By: DiggidyDan http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236779 DiggidyDan Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:04:47 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236779 I would reply, but mine's bigger. see: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/the-galley-slaves-arent-feeling-it/#comment-233091 FWIW, i have never been to europe, too poor. I have been to 38 of the states and 5 other countries. I like Colorado. I live in Florida. . . paradise is full of crazies(just go to Key West in Fantasy Fest Season if you don't believe me). Also, i can pick up Spanish well enough from 2 years in HS and an understanding of Latin derivatives to kinda know what the hell is going on when listening in on a conversation, as i have observed in my previous travels. I'm not gonna tell anybody I encounter here in Florida that i can understand what they're saying, though. I would reply, but mine’s bigger.

see:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/the-galley-slaves-arent-feeling-it/#comment-233091

FWIW, i have never been to europe, too poor. I have been to 38 of the states and 5 other countries. I like Colorado. I live in Florida. . . paradise is full of crazies(just go to Key West in Fantasy Fest Season if you don’t believe me). Also, i can pick up Spanish well enough from 2 years in HS and an understanding of Latin derivatives to kinda know what the hell is going on when listening in on a conversation, as i have observed in my previous travels. I’m not gonna tell anybody I encounter here in Florida that i can understand what they’re saying, though.

]]> By: hue http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236773 hue Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:16 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236773 hoffer, do you think the board members do anything except draw a paycheck? have you ever been inside a newsroom to what influence editorial decisions? i know people love conspiracy theories ... hoffer, do you think the board members do anything except draw a paycheck? have you ever been inside a newsroom to what influence editorial decisions? i know people love conspiracy theories …

]]> By: emmanuel117 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236647 emmanuel117 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236647 @Brett Tibbitts <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701165/" rel="nofollow">Moe</a>: Oho, an English boy, huh? You know, we saved your ass in World War II. Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield: Yeah, well, we saved *your* arse in World War III. @Brett Tibbitts

Moe: Oho, an English boy, huh? You know, we saved your ass in World War II.
Hugh St. John Alastair Parkfield: Yeah, well, we saved *your* arse in World War III.

]]> By: Mark E Hoffer http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/11/back-in-the-ussa/comment-page-2/#comment-236629 Mark E Hoffer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:45:43 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=44342#comment-236629 "...put down the MSM, (which doesn’t really exist, it’s not a monolith but many different organizations)." --hue, above Corporate Media Ownership The Project Censored team researched the board members of 10 major media organizations from newspaper to television to radio. Of these ten organizations, we found there are 118 people who sit on 288 different American and international corporate boards proving a close on-going interlock between big media and corporate America. We found media directors who also were former Senators or Representatives in the House such as Sam Nunn (Disney) and William Cohen (Viacom). Board members served at the FCC such as William Kennard (New York Times) and Dennis FitzSimmons (Tribune Company) showing revolving door relationships with big media and U.S. government officials. These ten big media organizations are the main source of news for most Americans. Their corporate ties require us to continually scrutinize the quality of their news for bias. Disney owns ABC so we wonder how the board of Disney reacts to negative news about their board of directors friends such as Halliburton or Boeing. We see board members with connections to Ford, Kraft, and Kimberly-Clark who employ tens of thousands of Americans. Is it possible that the U.S. workforce receives only the corporate news private companies want them to hear? Do we collectively realize that working people in the U.S. have longer hours, lower pay and fewer benefits than their foreign counterparts? If these companies control the media, they control the dissemination of news turning the First Amendment on its head by protecting corporate interests over people." http://www.projectcensored.org/censorship/corporate-media-ownership/ http://www.projectcensored.org/ hue, really? “…put down the MSM, (which doesn’t really exist, it’s not a monolith but many different organizations).”
–hue, above

Corporate Media Ownership
The Project Censored team researched the board members of 10 major media organizations from newspaper to television to radio. Of these ten organizations, we found there are 118 people who sit on 288 different American and international corporate boards proving a close on-going interlock between big media and corporate America. We found media directors who also were former Senators or Representatives in the House such as Sam Nunn (Disney) and William Cohen (Viacom). Board members served at the FCC such as William Kennard (New York Times) and Dennis FitzSimmons (Tribune Company) showing revolving door relationships with big media and U.S. government officials.

These ten big media organizations are the main source of news for most Americans. Their corporate ties require us to continually scrutinize the quality of their news for bias. Disney owns ABC so we wonder how the board of Disney reacts to negative news about their board of directors friends such as Halliburton or Boeing. We see board members with connections to Ford, Kraft, and Kimberly-Clark who employ tens of thousands of Americans. Is it possible that the U.S. workforce receives only the corporate news private companies want them to hear? Do we collectively realize that working people in the U.S. have longer hours, lower pay and fewer benefits than their foreign counterparts? If these companies control the media, they control the dissemination of news turning the First Amendment on its head by protecting corporate interests over people.”
http://www.projectcensored.org/censorship/corporate-media-ownership/
http://www.projectcensored.org/

hue,

really?

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