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    CNBC Watch

    Posted by Jonathan on July 25th, 2003 (All posts by )

    The Iron Law:

    Female correspondents will be competent in inverse relationship to how good-looking they are.

     

    This entry was posted on Friday, July 25th, 2003 at 9:52 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    11 Responses to “CNBC Watch”

    1. Ian Says:
      July 25th, 2003 at 3:07 pm

      Surely, you can’t mean Maria!

    2. Jonathan Says:
      July 25th, 2003 at 3:25 pm

      I don’t want to be mean here, but she is one of their more able people.

    3. Chris C. Says:
      July 25th, 2003 at 3:27 pm

      I thought Emma Crosby was pretty good, though she’s from CNBC UK.

    4. Ian Says:
      July 25th, 2003 at 3:57 pm

      Actually, I thought so as well. Maybe I sounded sarcastic above. Either way, she’s the only one I’ve ever been able to sit through more than five minutes of — and not just because she’s good looking.

    5. Lex Says:
      July 25th, 2003 at 10:50 pm

      I don’t have a TV so I am really out of it.

      Is Bobby Batista still around?

      I saw Rudi Bakhtiar once. She looked like a fashion model, and she did not come off as much of an, uh, analyst of the news.

    6. SMG Says:
      July 27th, 2003 at 10:16 am

      Umm, Helen Thomas?

      There goes the Iron Law.

      Unless we’re talking TV/cable correspondents.

      Geez, I remember watching Katie Couric on the local Washington NBC affiliate. What a dope. Now she’s a “serious” journalist appearing on C-Span panels discussing world politics and international affairs.

      Still a dope. She couldn’t cover, literally, a small town zoning or school board meeting. Wouldn’t know how to write the story, who to talk to.

      SMG

    7. Jonathan Says:
      July 28th, 2003 at 4:11 am

      God help us, is Helen Thomas working for CNBC now? Let it not be so.

    8. Andy B. Says:
      July 28th, 2003 at 7:20 am

      How about Bambi Fransisco? (I did not make this up)

    9. Jonathan Says:
      July 28th, 2003 at 10:48 am

      – Did Bambi Francisco every work at CNBC? I don’t think she does now. Besides, I can’t tell what she looks like: the photos I’ve seen of her are small and she uses a lot of makeup.

      – Bobbi Batista certainly doesn’t work for CNBC.

      – Rudi who?

      – Are you guys serious about Emma Crosby? She looks good and everything, but she seems to have trouble finding Britain on those big maps they use.

      – Katie Couric fits my model, but she doesn’t work for CNBC either.

      – The German lady who does after-mkt reports from Frankfurt seems unusually competent, but unfortunately also fits the model.

    10. Omnibus Bill Says:
      July 28th, 2003 at 12:06 pm

      Daryn Kagan.

      I mention her because I have no idea how good, or bad, she is. If she happens to be on CNN, I sit staring at the TV, slack jawed, not noticing anything she says. Those eyes…. mmmm.

      For all I know, she could be the second coming of Bob Woodward, or for that matter, David Corn. I haven’t a clue. All I know is she makes me make Homer-Simpson-Thinkin’-‘Bout-Donut noises. Argglelarglemmmmmmmmmmm….

      Helen Thomas makes me make the same noise, only in reverse; as does excess tequila.

    11. Sylvain Galineau Says:
      July 29th, 2003 at 4:21 am

      The CNBC Europe correspondents are not too bad. That would include the German lady; she’s on in the morning here. Not bad at all.

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