Regular riot

[Jim Hand]

Sometimes it seems like the only real reporter on television is comedian Jon Stewart of the fake news program "The Daily Show."
While pretty boy spokesmodels like Anderson Cooper merely repeat the party lines given out in Washington, Stewart has a knack for researching what talking heads have said in the past and throwing it back in their face.
Last night Stewart lit into CNBC, which has been on a rampage against President Barach Obama and his economic policies.
Stewart used clips from past CNBC to show how wrong its blowhards have been every step of the way during the current financial crisis.
CNBC "experts" like Jim Cramer have regularly told viewers that dying institutions like Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, Merril Lynch and AIG were just fine and should be invested in.
You can view the Stewart piece at www.comedycentral.com.

[Steve]

Take your ball and go home today, but you may have to play reporter at some point in the future. Sorry for mistaking this for a blog, where ideas are exchanged. Have a good one.

[Jim Hand]

I wrote a story in which the protesters and Frank's response were the main topic. I never said Frank was "mistreated." You are just making stuff up.
Your comments are getting increasingly irrational.
Enough.

[Steve]

I told you I wrote about it when people protested against Frank.
Stop parsing words...did you write a column in which the protests were the subject, or did you mention them, through the eyes of Mr. Frank; like a few mosquitoes?

[Steve]

"We are all Americans" Did someone say we weren't?
I was referring to attempts by our government to divide us, while the media assits. Now the administration has labeled 1/2 the population as potential terrorists in a report published by Homeland Security. When did you last report "negatively" on bully organizations like ACORN? They are funded with taxpayer funds, so they can attack taxpayers. Then you spend your time complaining about a blowhard like O'Reilly, who "mistreated" Rep Frank.

[Steve]

Tell me what price he (Mr. Frank) paid.

[Steve]

Mr. Gannon...Don't even start with the suggestions. There was no other means to describe the conflict of interest involving Frank's oversight of the 2 F's.

[Jim Hand]

I have no idea what you are talking about. I told you I wrote about it when people protested against Frank.
I also disagree that he escaped unscathed. He has come in for a lot of criticism. I was just using O'Reilly as one example.
"We are all Americans" Did someone say we weren't?

[Steve]

What does O'Reilly have to do with you? You're advertised as a political reporter. O'Reilly is a commentator; nothing more.

Frank did escape unscathed. We have no control over him, or others like him. The AIG employees and families life’s were threatened as a direct result of actions by Mr. Frank. They're still not safe. This is insane! We are all Americans! Report the news honestly.

[Steve]

good for you. you on missing an opportunity to report news instead of controlling it

[Jim Hand]

There have been literally hundreds of stories written about Frank's past comments on Fannie Mae. I don't see where he escaped blame. Do you remember Bill O'Reilly screaming at any Republicans about the financial mess like he did with Frank?
Has anyone protested Christopher Cox's failure to enforce regulations as head of the SEC? Or Phil Graham for his deregulating the financial industry?
Just the fact that Frank is going around the country defending himself indicates to me that he is feeling the heat.
Finally, could it be that in 2004 - four years before the financial crisis - Fannie Mae was in sound condition? I don't know, but it seems like a lot can change in four years.
It seems to me that the people who are most to blame are the irresponsible borrowers who took out mortgages they could not afford and greedy lenders who made loans they should have known were way too risky.