How Great Was Jamie Dimon's Speech? Just Ask CNBC

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We'll have more on the actual speech JP Morgan Cayne CEO Jamie Dimon gave at a mortgage lending forum in Washington today later, but for those who've been watching: setting aside differing opinions about deli meats, did you agree with Charlie Gasparino when said the fawning from his co-workers at the network over "the Greek God's remarks" was "embarrassing"? As connoisseurs of secondhand embarrassment ourselves, we're going to say yes. Like when Dennis Kneale said that Dimon should "get a job giving after-dinner speeches" 'cause "that's how great he was"? And when the three of them piled on Ben Bernanke and were all "Oh Jamie, his speech was soo much better than Bernanke, you can't even compare"? If this is about distancing themselves from the picture Bryan Burrough painted in Vanity Fair of CNBC as catty, in-fighting, fear-mongering vindictive a-holes, who retaliate toward companies on-air when snubbed by their CEOs, that's fine, but can we at least be a little more subtle about it? More "accidental" gropings, less full on BJs.
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