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12 CNBC Pet Peeves

Great start -- let's add:

- The OCTABOX. Why do we need EIGHT talking heads screaming at each other so nobody, including the viewer, can understand them? In fact, the shouting in general when folks are in the studio talking to the camera.

- Cheap sound effects for screen fades, wipes, and transitions. It is a gimmick and annoying as hell. Even worse is listening to a Congress hearing they're covering on XM Radio while driving to NYC and in the middle of Paulson you hear that World-of-Warcraft-esqu... "sprinkle" as they flip the market data slides on-screen.

- The producer and/or VP who was quoted in an article last year saying how CNBC wanted "more conflict" on-screen. That, along with what I'm saying here, has turned CNBC from semi-useful to mildly-entertaining and horribly-irritating. [1]

- Agree that Rick Santelli is one of the few shining lights on the network who has been right more than he's been wrong, but also doesn't "play" with the infotainment aspect and keeps to the BUSINESS issue at hand.


[1] - Thank gods I started getting Fox Business here in Arlington, VA. With that, we also got Bloomberg, so my CNBC-viewing is *much* reduced and my TV business news indeed is "news" and not "business reality television."