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THE top suits and some of the on-air talent at CNBC were recently ordered to a top-secret meeting with General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt and NBC Universal President Jeff Zucker to discuss whether they've turned into the President Obama-bashing network, Page Six has learned. "It was an intensive, three-hour dinner at 30 Rock which Zucker himself was behind," a source familiar with the powwow told us. "There was a long discussion about whether CNBC has become too conservative and is beating up on Obama too much. There's great concern that CNBC is now the anti-Obama network. The whole meeting was...

While Fox News has celebrated the Taxpayer Tea Party rallies and MSNBC has denigrated them, the impetus of the movement – CNBC and specifically Rick Santelli, its inspiration – had been conspicuously quiet about it. But on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” April 15, co-host Joe Kernen asked Santelli what he thought of being a “cultural phenomenon.” That was the same show Santelli famously called out President Barack Obama for the unfairness of his housing bailout proposal on Feb. 19. “A lot of articles about these tea parties,” Kernen said. “They all have your name in them, like you caused it. Are...

From the man who started it all! "This is as American as it gets!"

While Fox News has celebrated the Taxpayer Tea Party rallies and MSNBC has denigrated them, the impetus of the movement - CNBC and specifically Rick Santelli, its inspiration - had been conspicuously quiet about it. But on CNBC's "Squawk Box" April 15, co-host Joe Kernen asked Santelli what he thought of being a "cultural phenomenon." That was the same show Santelli famously called out President Barack Obama for the unfairness of his housing bailout proposal on Feb. 19. "A lot of articles about these tea parties," Kernen said. "They all have your name in them, like you caused it. Are...

He had a lot to do with making this movement more popular.

A good resource in case you need to know where to show up!

No one plans to dress up like Indians and dump tea into the James River, but a few Founding Fathers will be present when anti-tax protesters gather at Kanawha Plaza on April 15 to hold a "Tax Day Tea Party." Part of a nationwide movement, Richmond organizers have recruited hundreds of volunteers to conduct skits, listen to speeches and voice protests against high taxes and big government spending. Nationally, more than 300 such rallies are scheduled on April 15, according to the National Taxpayers Union. In Virginia, "tea party" rallies also are scheduled in Abingdon, Charlottesville, Franklin County, Lynchburg, Peninsula/Newport...

With the economy suffering a steep downturn and a new hands-on approach by the federal government to correct it, financial news outlets have received increasing scrutiny. None more so than CNBC. The cable channel, along with its left-of-center sister network MSNBC, operates under the umbrella of NBC Universal. One openly liberal NBC network apparently isn’t enough. The left – from the White House to think tanks to bloggers – has targeted CNBC because of its traditional pro-investment point-of-view. After a few weeks of criticism, the network seems to be taking the criticism to heart and making a big left turn....

Here is video from yesterday where liberal blogger Arianne Huffington went at it with CNBC's Rick Santelli over government bailouts and the responsibility of the individual. Santelli stood for individuals and banks being held accountable for the poor decisions they have made, and Huffington took the standard liberal bailout line. . . . . . (Watch Video)

Both have loyal following, but their fans are on opposite sides of the political spectrum. CNBC's Rick Santelli rose to prominence earlier this year when he railed against President Barack Obama's policies on live TV from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He's a hit with conservatives staging tea parties to protest the bailout culture in Washington throughout the country. Arianna Huffington, who appeared as a guest host on CNBC's March 31 "Squawk Box" has following of left-wing readers and bloggers, as the editor of the very popular Huffington Post blog. The two faced off on "Squawk Box" about...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1078640272&play=1Rick Santelli this morning on CNBC takes on Ariana Huffinton. The intelectual vacuum of Ariana was on full display as she was totally exposed as a mental midget before the common sense real world observations and questions of Santelli. It was not a rebel yell, it was a surgical crushing. Santelli was asking the right questions and hitting the right points and Ariana was clueless in trying to push the usual left wing empty memes. Huffinton was 100% mentally unarmed. I have seen this with all her appearances. She is never prepared to hold her own in a contest of...

Haven't posted in ages.

Here is video of CNBC's Rick Santelli yesterday saying Americans should be far more outraged at the "B"illions being spent on bailouts than the "M"illions being spent on bonuses to AIG. Santelli also denounced the bonuses to AIG Executives, but he is pointing out how ridiculous it is to focus on the bonuses when it is really minuscule compared to the overall bailout. . . . . . (Watch Video)

- Big Hollywood - http://bighollywood.breitbart.com - Stewart, Santelli And SarcasmPosted By Dan Gifford On March 12, 2009 @ 6:27 am In Celebrity News, Political Humor, Politics | 195 Comments [1] Something didn’t sound quite right when I listened [2] to Jon Stewart’s set-up for his sarcastic blast of CNBC’s Rick Santelli as a hypocrite who thinks federal bailout money for corporate America is just fine while a helping hand from Uncle Sam (a bailout by another name) for strapped mortgage holders isn’t. So I reverted to the method I’d come to rely on while an investigative reporter when I could...

In the last two weeks, a Democrat and CNBC host, Jim Cramer, has suffered the wrath of his own political party in the same fashion as Joe the Plumber. This time, Jon Stewart of the Daily Show decided to attack Jim Cramer because Cramer dared to support Rick Santelli in his rant against Obama's unfocused resolution of the recession and the bailout of irresponsible borrowers. It was Joe the Plumber, in spades, all over again with Stewart focusing in on Cramer's stock picking faults and not on what he had said about Obama's policies. When it was all over, no...

Nice report by Griff Jenkins.

OK - so like many here I've been pushed as far as I'm willing to quietly tolerate and have decided to hit back Saw Santelli's rant and knew he hit a raw nerve - so I did some checking and found that there was no rebellion tea as such So I grabbed the domain and started contacting tea suppliers and bag stuffers and such and am in the process of finalizing details I am having 2 colors of tea made red and brown Here is where I'd appreciate the Freeper creative spirit assistance :-) In the next couple days we'll...

Commentary: The network was built on cheerleading and chattiness NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- CNBC has emerged as The Network We Love to Hate.Jon Stewart's scathing rebukes of the financial news network, one after another, on "The Daily Show" underline much of the public's anger toward Wall Street -- and CNBC, which many regard as the Street's virtual mouthpiece. And with that, the network now has the challenge of convincing the public that it's serving as a watchdog for investors, and not the establishment lapdog that it's seen to be. CNBC long has sought to identify with the powerbrokers of the...

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs smiled and waved his hands when asked if he was ready to put an end to his battle with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. “If your enemies are fighting themselves, then don’t get in the way,” Gibbs said. Gibbs, in an interview with The Hill, acknowledged that the response was a “crude paraphrase” of a passage from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. But given the former Senate aide’s penchant for battles, it’s not surprising he’s familiar with it. President Obama’s spokesman and confidant simply characterizes his battles with Limbaugh and CNBC commentators Rick...

NEW YORK - CNBC chose not to fight back on Thursday following Jon Stewart’s brutal takedown of the network and its reporter, Rick Santelli, for backing out of an appearance on "The Daily Show." Stewart’s criticism of Santelli was reminiscent of David Letterman’s relentless attacks on Republican John McCain for canceling a "Late Show" appearance during the campaign last fall.