It seems that our obsession with Erin Burnett may not be accidental. According to her big New York Times profile, by none other than the highly influential Brian Stelter, Burnett’s rise to celebrity was carefully engineered by CNBC.
Erin nicely handles the question that is asked of any successful, beautiful woman: what role did her looks play in her success? This is especially relevant at CNBC, where many of their viewers are known to watch with the volume turned all the way down until important news breaks. “There is an element of TV that is visual. You can’t deny that,” she tells Stelter. “But you’re not going to be able to move to the next level without the passion, the contacts, the journalistic drive.”
And man does she have drive. Erin (notice how well programmed we are by CNBC that we feel comfortable calling her by her first name) started out at Goldman Sachs but immediately began gunning for television business news stardom. She wrote to Willow Bay, the co-anchor CNN’s “Moneyline” and landed herself the job of Bay’s assistant and then as a writer at the network. Later, she somehow turned a job writing a business plan for an internet media start-up at Citigroup into an on air job. (It seemed she pulled a Dick Cheney and chose herself for the role.) This caught Bloomberg TV’s attention, which got her noticed by CNBC.
One thing that the article doesn’t explore is Erin’s fascination with China, which she continued this morning on Squawk On The Street by announcing that she’s far more interested in seeing Mongol than Dark Knight. (By the way, this might be the official contrarian line of the week. Two hedge fund managers said exactly the same thing to us this weekend.)
Needing a Star, CNBC Made One [New York Times]
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it’s me.
I used to think Erin was *hot* until that crap about wanting to meet a rich guy or whatever blasted the illusion that she didn’t have a price.
what a waste of good looks and talent.
Saw Mongol this weekend. Didn’t see Batman.
I’m happy with my choice.
@ myself: well, I can’t verify the “talent” part.
Of course she has a price…. look at how she slobbers over “money” in her quotes, not to mention the self-indicting piece in Men’s Health. Melissa Francis or Margaret Brennan should take her place.
i’ll take amanda drury over eb anyday
my all time fave, the women for whom my heart beats, is Liz Claman (didn’t she spell it with a “K” when she was at CNBC?)
Liz, you should get to know me. Remember that time I bumped into you on the NYMEX? I really worked on the NYBOT, but I went all the way downstairs when I found you were going to be there…you can’t buy that kind of devotion.
oh, this should provide some good fodder:
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She might not want to see Batman, but someone should give her “the spiderman”.
-BeckyBootFan
@2:04 was she fully clothed in that piece?
Liz Claman has a huge rack
@ 1:58
I have a question for you why is it offensive when a woman says the want to meet a rich man (what is she suppossed to say “i am hoping to meet a poor guy, with bad breath and i hope to fly cattle class “?). But when a man says i want to meet a hot blonde it is an aspirational statement(what is he supoossed to say “i hope to meet an ugly blond with a huge ass and i hope we get matching cankles”?).
If you have learned nothing on this site you should have learned everyone has a price – EVERYONE. Why are billionaire’s in their 50 – 80′s on their 3rd/4th hot, much younger wives.
I read the piece when it appeared in the NY Times. I didn’t realize that Erin Burnett (a) had gone to Williams; (b) had previously worked at Goldman Sachs; or (c) was 31. I had assumed that (a) she had gone to NYU, along with Mary Kate and Ashley; (b) that she had previously worked at the perfume counter at Macy’s; and (c) that was she was 24 or 25.
I am one of the few who don’t get her “striking good looks.” To me, she looks like a very alert cartoon puppy. There’s something about that nose …
To her legions of fans, I honor your devotion. Although she seems a little on the airheaded side, I wish her the best.
Erins a ho, fo sho
@2:15
whaaah
I love ugly blondes with huges asses.
2:15– negative 5 for a makes-no-fucking-sense-comment.
An old story, best told in “All About Eve”. In this remake, Erin is Eve Harringon to Maria’s Margo Channing.
What do you think Erin got for her contract? 250k per year?
It is odd that Men’s Health 8 ways to Impress me list wasn’t in the NY Times Story. Or when Erin was on Conan and he didn’t bring up the article.
I wonder how much $$ CNBC offered Men’s Health to take that article off their website. You can still access it.
Funny part is that there was a little controversy over Lorrie Lynch who writes a toilet-paper worthy column about celebrities and tried to do a phone conversation with Erin but CNBC said not without one of her handlers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/24/lorrie-lynch-keith-olberm_n_98373.html
@ 2:28
Great, ugly blonds with epic asses so Sue Herera is your favorite CNBC TV personality?
@ 2:14 I loved her before I knew that.
@ 2:15 because it’s a man’s world?
2:23/#13,
Blasphemy.
probably not that much, 2:35, since it’s still up? http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=guy.wisdom&category=career.money&conitem=5d4f6063304d6110VgnVCM10000013281eac____
@2:36
I don’t really have a favorite.
NBC is making a huge mistake if they are preparing Erin for TODAY.
Maria Menounos is a much better choice: cuter, younger and much more adept with handling people — see her Obama & kids interview a few weeks ago.
Give goldigger Burnett the boot. Maria deserves the glass slipper.
Smart, beautiful and she loves mayo. can’t ask for a better combo, she is a 10
@2:42 missed it. which Obama did she interview? The bimbo empty suit with all the teeth, or the conniving political operator?
I will not believe. You will not ruin this for me Ron Blarney and the NYTimes.
I give Erin a 4. Viva Maria.
I have a hard time believing carney speaks to any hedge funds managers.
except of Timmy of course
Why are things so freaking dull on this site today? Is everyone just waiting for the world as we know it to end?
@ 30
still ridiculously drained from a 3 day binge followed by a sunday funday, very very bad decision(s)…
also, is fast money off the air/am i missing something, as it seems that insufferable twazzool suzie orman seems to have taken over the time slot?
trying to nurse a hangover
Agree with some of the comments her. She is not good looking. She has a very pointy/weasley type nose and very small breasts. They do a great job of painting her face every day, but she’s quite plain.
And also, she is the Machurian Biz Reporter, planted here long ago by China to infiltrate the news system. Her incessant pumping of China, India, UAE is nauseating.
My guess is that some of the posters here don’t get to see the light of the day very often so the only women they see are the cleaning lady and their female coworkers.
Naturally, under these circumstances everything with a skirt looks appealing.
you got that right. toothless cleaning lady is looking pretty sweet now
@ 22 The best part about the Erin article is the first comment. 8 ways “Erin can impress me” Very funny
what role did her looks play in her success?
Annswer: “There is an element of TV that is visual.”
Was this banality or stupidity? TV is visual? No shit, Sherlock Erin.
@ 2:42 and @2:56
Yes maria is sooo much better. Perhaps it is the fact that she is dating Van Diseal, appears in Jessica Simpsoms latest music video or is soon to star with Jamie Kennedy in “Kickin’it Old Skool”. Her future an Today will be capped with a seat on the 4th hour next to Kathy Lee and Hoda Kotb (sort of like Elizabeth Hasselback on the view – the hot, but very annoying, young one)
She’s cute, but is there any confirmation she has a badonkadonk the size of a bulldozer?
@#13
NYU>Williams, point (a) is counterintuitive, unless you count Mary-Kate and Ashley’s billion dollar fortune as some sort of failure..
@#12 (oops)
NYU>Williams, point (a) is counterintuitive, unless you count Mary-Kate and Ashley’s billion dollar fortune as some sort of failure..
38: whatever drugs youre doing, please contact bess so she can fwd me your info. i want some.
you are a moron if you think NYU is more prestigious than williams.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1libartco_brief.php
that is, if you go to NYU to take up coloring or whatever liberal arts students major in…in this case, williams might be a better choice.
@43 By definition specialty rakings mean that they could not make it into the main ranking.
So the loser schools don’t feel bad they create ratings where they can be #1.
A) Best university from the Apollo Group: Phoenix Online.
B) Best cooking school: Cornell in a tie with the Institute of Culinary Education.
C) Best school for douchebags: Duke.
the chinese save more now, then americans did in 1968.
OHMYGAWD! thats like 40 years of retroactive awesomeness!
45– “college” is not a specialty ranking. college v. university is a matter of size.
anyone know who she is banging?
@47 Grow a neuron. It is not university vs college, it is University vs Liberal Arts Colleges.
Hot Brazilian newsbabe blows them all away.
AWAY, I said!
http://tinyurl.com/6k6uln
-DK
Anal_yst -> you hit the nail on the head! Amanda Drury is bar-none the hottest!…besides no doubt that Erin sh!t the bed with the Men’s Health article
@49– are you a fucking idiot? for the purposes of the rankings, “college”=”liberal arts college.”
drury is super trashy looking. trish wins.
@52 Go back to your NGO, stupid hippie. Liberal arts is a carveout of the universe.
How come there are no african-american reporters on cnbc?
wow look at the photo, schnoz is in full effect
if i banged erin burnett she would be the ugliest chick i ever bothered to have sex with.
she’s the one who always looks like she just did a bong hit, right?
Remember the band The Monkees? Quasi-photogenic nonmusicians made into a star rock band by network TV? Same deal here. Not attractive, not smart, not educated but ceremonially-degreed media-created star for the bozo crowd.
my guess is that this girl has done more than here fair share of special k bumps.
my guess is that this girl has done more than her fair share of special k bumps.
55, had to play the race card, huh?
48, … A-Rod??
Drury needs to come on over.
@28 some douchebag named dave. who i believe, works at citi.
oops. @48. mistyped
My bad. Here is Brazil newsbabe.
http://tinyurl.com/5mdetn
-DK
And no mention of Becky Quick? A damn shame.
@ 65
Can’t watch the vid, but saw the still, and holy hotter than hell, I don’t care if she only speaks portugese, get that broad on CNBC like yesterday!
Muy espantosa!
Asian reporter Trisha Takanawa rules!!
#43 Rankings are subjective, based on what criteria is chosen to be included and how to weight those criteria. As an example, here’s another respected ranking source: http://www.arwu.org/rank/2007/ARWU2007_Top100.htm
BTW, although size does matter (doesn’t it always?), the most common way to distinguish a college from a university: a university offers advanced degrees.
@65: Stop posting sites with spyware you dumb fuck nimrod.
TOGFD
@ 65=asspimple + dillweed. Must be NSD.
God, what a maroon…….
HEy dude why are you obsessed with eb? I’m with the poster who is truly Obsessed (notice the capital O) with Liz Claman. The greatest rack of all time but she (sigh) makes me laugh too. THAT’S RIGHT, FOLKS, SHE HAS A PERSONALITY. Something the MBA’s don’t have over at CNBC.
I’m with you on Liz If you like Liz Claman (who doesn’t? Unless you’re gay–wait even THEY love her), check out
http://www.drunktrader.com
she is winning the Hot Biz Babe of the quarter competition.
@ TOGFD, etc
#65 didn’t post spyware you jackass. Tinyurl is a legitimate website that lets you host stupid-long URL’s on a much shorter one.
Perhaps if you had clicked on it, you’d know that she’s smoking hot man. Unless of course you’re not interested in smoking hot brazailan girls that is…
…speaking of which, where the hell is GAnalYst?
How did she get into Goldman Sachs right out of college? Just curious.
she was a first year analyst, retard
trish
maria
erin
liz calman sans breasts? no thanks
trish
maria
erin
amanda drury
amanda drury
amanda drury
amanda drury
3yr contract= $ 10 million
Why not?????
that useless Cramer reportedly gets $ 1.5 mln and more than 400k shares of GE for nothing. Maybe he gets paid for those antics he does on Mad Money.Unfortunately he looks more retarded than funny.
Erin…I love you!
Dave
who is her boyfriend? why she keeps him out of sight? is she ashamed of him? maybe this guy is her ____ slave.
John Carney: Mongols are not Chinese,though they are neighboors and look they same.Maybe you have mistaken Inner Mongolia for Mongolia.
although she was tagged by NY Post as China Lover in the past,Chinese I interviewed don’t believe it.it’s just that GE wants China for its business. GE has a lot of competitors in China e.g Seimens, ABB to name the few.
I still recall her comments about Morgan Stanley+China and recently her silver lining that she would rather have Belgium not the other country take over the last US beer icon BUDweiser.She is happy that it’s own now by INBEV and thinks BUD is in good hands.
She can be prejudice at times and make some uncanny and unethical remarks unworthy of what supposed to be a respectable and credible financial reporter.
^
what the hell was that
@91: I dunno. From the best I can figure the words are in English but the thoughts aren’t.
Someone here once said her BF is a high yield trader at Citi. That was like a year ago; if Citi dumped him then, sadly, I’m sure Erin did too.
My dog is dating a hotter ho.
Drury = tired lookin’ cougar at best.
Erin = Award-winning makeup artistry. But at least she’s honest about her golddigging tendencies.
Yesterday’s post stating her looks are akin to a “very alert cartoon puppy” were spot on, IMHO. Perhaps she can start work with the ASPCA when her CNBC run ends…?
auriel morrison or whatever her name is.
Ms Burnett has had a meteoric ride since graduating from Goldman analyst to CNN writer to Vice President at Citigroup to MSNBC in a short few years. I’ve noticed her corporate and trader “bent” in her analysis and suspect she is corporate media “eye candy” above all. One must give her credit that she has done well with a BS in Econ in a short time.
Supergrit
Ms Burnett has had a meteoric ride since graduating from Goldman analyst to CNN writer to Vice President at Citigroup to MSNBC in a short few years. I’ve noticed her corporate and trader “bent” in her analysis and suspect she is corporate media “eye candy” above all. One must give her credit that she has done well with a BS in Econ in a short time.
Supergrit
No. 96: I wrote the post yesterday (no. 12) about Erin Burnett looking like a “very alert cartoon puppy.” Thanks for agreeing! I’m never quite certain whether I’m alone in the universe or not.
I also wanted to clarify that I have nothing against NYU, or Williams, either, for that matter. They’re both fine schools. Erin Burnett just struck me as more likely to be a NYU coed, sharp and worldly.
As to Mary Kate and Ashley, hey, I didn’t mean to step on any feet at DB. Those girls may be worth billions, but can you deny that they are spooky? Do they ever smile, except in a sad, macabre way? They look like the kitschy portraits of sad, lost children with oversized heads that used to be sold everywhere.
Supergrit… I admire the fellatio technique/posting…. hope you have a CNBC towel to clean yourself with. I didn’t know that self-selecting out of an analyst program after one year was now termed “graduating”.
I sometimes watch CNBC while I’m eating lunch. I’ve never been impressed with Erin Burnett because something always seems to be ‘missing’ in her performances. I can’t really say what that is; I haven’t studied her because (again) I’m not impressed or interested.
From a quick scan of the posts on this thread, I gather that negative comments about Erin run ahead of the positives by about 3.5 to 1. I believe that you goons are pretty savy and that you are certainly part of CNBC’s targeted audience.
So we have something in common here:
DB Posters = Informed…TGFD = Uninformed >>> DB + TGFD = Negative on Erin. This is significant.
My analysis does not bode well for Erin’s career. Therefore, I predict the following: In spite of CNBC’s current enthusiasm for Erin, CNBC will get rid of her within 11 months. They will shitcan her ass off the air.
That’s my take on Erin Burnett.
The Guy from Delaware
I believe her boyfriend at Citi is in HY sales, not trading. Not that there is much of a difference really.
Erin is hot from straight on, but in profile, not so much. That schnoz needs work, as does the rack. I would nevertheless give her a shot at the title, but only after I had worn out Alexis.
As the Times says, “CNBC needed a Star and Built one.” They did need a cool and clean Star and now TV for 2008 lists her on the HOT list. Last year it was Alexix Glick who heads up FOX Business with a host of “hotties”. Way to go….ERIN.
@ people who hate gold diggers.
lol, stfu poors. get off this site and back to error checking merger proposals.
# 78 Doesn’t make sense I have an masters engineering 7 years experience and I couldn’t get in!
# 78 doesn’t make sense I have a degree in engineering Rose Hulman and 4 years experience and still couldn’t get in. You know how she got in Nepotism. Her daddy’s rich.
Oh yeah #78 blow me dousche bag
3 years in E.W.B doesn’t count
Why do so many people pull the nepotism card? Deal with it we live in country of Haves and Have-Nots, she shouldn’t have to apologize for being a Have.
@ 110: Says the guy who is a Have.
@ 106: Do you really think St. Peter is going to let a gold digger go trough the Purly Gates.
Someone should log-on to this site and tell us if they find Erin’s profile.
Unfortunately, my tax bracket doesn’t qualify . . . yet.
http://www.celebcupid.com
Am I the only idiot that googled Trisha Takanawa hoping to see a hot piece of Asian ass?
Why has this piece been struck from most commented?
@112
she would more likely to go with:
http://www.valentiinternational.com/
prety hot, unless yr Bill Schaeffer, in which case, perhaps, dick may bbe the main course on the menu..not sure..it’s so dark
Shes a good human being trapped in a challenging situation and yet making her way
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