Selective Reporting?
TVWeek’s Michele Greppi writes about a Rupert Murdoch profile CNBC’s Erin Burnett turned in on the Today show…
But there was no mention of the fact that CNBC will be confronted with its first direct competition for business news audiences from the Fox Business Network, which News Corp. plans to launch, or that MSNBC runs a distant third to Fox News Channel, or that News Corp. and NBCU are collaborating on a TV-and-movie distribution Web site, for that matter.
That absence was a glaring one, particularly given the extremes to which NBC News is going to showcase CNBC stars almost daily on “Today” and other NBCU platforms. In addition to Ms. Burnett, CNBC’s biggest star, Maria Bartiromo, also was spotlighted Tuesday in a live exchange about the volatile stock market during the first news wrap-up on “Today.”
Full disclosure and admitting potential conflicts of interest are consistently lacking in our media culture. This is one example in a sea full of them.
Comment by bigred — August 15, 2007 @ 7:01 pm
*patiently waits for Chickadee to come and say CNBC is going to shut down by Christmas*
Comment by Anonymous — August 15, 2007 @ 7:01 pm
Well, let’s see…..
“CNBC will be confronted with its first direct competition for business news audiences”
Um….hasn’t Bloomberg been around for years? Plus, wasn’t CNNfn also competition to CNBC for viewers? From the point of it should be mentioned, that seems valid though.
Comment by Chris (clind) — August 15, 2007 @ 7:14 pm
Wait! You mean to tell me the “ever so luscious Erin Burnett” didn’t mention how many newspapers Murdoch sold yesterday? Sheesh! Try this on for size: Maybe CNBC didn’t want their talent advertising FBN on The Today Show. Plus, the network isn’t even available yet! Further, CNBC talks about FBN/Murdoch quite often… just look for David Faber. So, its not like their totally ignoring them or anything.
Comment by Terance — August 15, 2007 @ 7:23 pm
^ But, do you really think FBN would still want her after she purposely excluded Murdoch’s new biz venture on the mother ship? My new theory is this: CNBC had EB profile Murdoch only to omit the FBN.. in hopes of “needling” Murdoch and attempting to sour their interest in EB. See? Two birds, one stone!
Comment by Terance — August 16, 2007 @ 7:29 am
Chris has a good point. Bloomberg, CNN fn. It’s not as if this financial news network light bulb mysteriously went off over somebody’s head. But I do think Fox will succeed.
Comment by TT — August 16, 2007 @ 10:31 am
CNNfn was led by Lou Dobbs, who is a protectionist, therefore not appealing to Biz. As for Bloomberg… not enough personality.
Comment by JMK24 — August 16, 2007 @ 10:35 am