“I had two things going against me. I was a reporter with a camera and I was a woman,” she says of her early days reporting live from the bedlam of the testosterone-fueled boys’ club on the exchange floor. “One day, I was standing by the General Electric post and there were maybe 25 guys within earshot when one of them who was about three times my age said, ‘Run along, little girl, and don’t come here again.’ I had knots in my stomach. I looked at him and said, ‘Don’t talk to me that way’—and I ran along! But I came back! And I kept coming back. And 20 years later, I’m still there.” [VF]
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CNBC is currently at this moment trying to make the case that the open letter sent by Dan Gilbert to Cavs fans last night was ill-advised. “We’re all for CEO’s speaking their mind but you need to do so in a well-thought out, controlled manner,” said one guest. “This was probably something you wake up and wish you’d hit ‘save as draft on’,” commented Melissa Francis. “Don’t do it!” was their general thesis. DON’T LISTEN TO CNBC IS MINE. Read more »
A couple days back one of Charlie’s former colleagues and I had a conversations re: if absolutely forced to pick between two former and current CNBC colleagues with which to liaise, who she’d go with. She went with option C, which was that she’d have to kill herself or go on life-support. I suggested the situation might still be appealing to Charlie Gasparino. Today he responded to that discussion on-air asking “She’s gotta be comatose?” and adding “She’s gonna be comatose” before his mic was cut. I’m not even sure what any of this means (was he saying he’s going to put her in a state of comatosis via his schlong?) but regardless I’m nervous. Read more »
As previously mentioned, I did a little interview with CNBC’s Trish Regan. We discussed, among other things, her time at DE Shaw and whether or not Charlie Gasparino and Dennis Kneale are necrophiliacs. Read more »
Two words: “More Macke.” Read more »
In Case You Needed A Visual, Charlie Gasparino Produces The Towel He Used To Wear While Intimidating Joe Kernen In The Locker Room, With His Schlong
By Bess Levin
Last Friday, in response to Joe Kernen referring to Fox Business as a bunch of “wing-nuts” Charlie Gasparino recounted, on-air, the great times he used to have scaring JK in the CNBC locker room, by walking around in a towel and hinting at what could potentially be in store for his colleague. Today, for some reason, CG brought said towel on his afternoon hit, during which he cautioned his co-host to be careful, as the thing was “moist.” Stay tuned tomorrow, when viewers get a glimpse of Chaz’s favorite tube sock (the one he used to use while fantasizing about Sophia Loren and his mother’s meat sauce). Read more »
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Charlie Gasparino Reminisces About Intimidating Joe Kernen In The Locker Room, With His Schlong
By Bess Levin
If you haven’t been keeping up with your financial talking head drama, you (like me) might’ve missed the fact that yesterday on CNBC, Joe Kernen referred to Fox Business as a bunch of “wing-nuts.” Fox did not like this! And you know who at Fox really didn’t like it? Charles Gasparino. How dare Kernen refer to Chaz’s new employer as such. “Fuck that guy Joe,” Gaspo said to the girl doing his make-up as he worked himself into a frenzy over the offense. “Who does he is, thinking he can condesend to my people,” Gaspo asked her before shouting “I said easy on the blusher, easy!” There was only one way to let Kernen know CG would not be taking this offense sitting down– by taking to the airwaves and telling everyone about how he used to inspire prison rape fantasies in JK. (FYI, this is not the first time Chaz has mentioned himself/Kernen and soap dropping on live TV. To wit, two years ago CG commented breathlessly: “Joe is a little intimidated by me. Every time Joe sees me in the CNBC locker room, half naked with a towel around my waist and my tattoo showing he gets a flash back from a prison movie. Joe’s workout is 2.7 miles every other day on the treadmill.”) Read more »
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