Charlie Gasparino Burns Out On Live TV
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On CNBC, Charlie Gasparino looked either drunk or burnt out from his incessant reporting on the credit crisis. On several popular stock message boards, people are speculating that Charlie must have been drunk because he was not responding to any of Dylan Ratigan's questions. Dylan asked him about the Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) merger and Charlie kept mumbling, "What have I got. What have I got."
Later, Dylan told Charlie, "we only have limited time."
To which Gasparino says, "What have I got? What I got is shoot for the capitalism."
Dylan: "Shoot for the capitalism'? What?"
Charlie: "What have I got?"
Dylan: ""Okay, not really sure what just happened there"
After that, CNBC quickly cut away from Mr. Gasparino.
We put a call into CNBC media relations, but have not heard anything back yet.
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Excellent Report......Horrible Commentator. If you don't agree with him you are wrong.
The nature of the game
It is terrible that everybody jumps on the wagon to beat up Charlie, that is not right. Reporters are like that, to me Charlie looks exhausted and tried like all of us are. Everybody deserves a second chance, even Charlie!!
Charlie
I think the guy is an Alcoholic. Every personal story he tells involves drinking. That and his "Inquiring Minds Want to Know" style of reporting make him an unwatchable personality. He's also a big baby!
He did the Let Me Finish Thing yet again today
Gasparino also has the incredibly annoying to the ears (and mind) verbal style of consistently starting a sentence, abruptly stopping it after a few words, and then starting a second different sentence without completing the first thought FIRST. Over and over again this occurs. How he and his superiors are unaware of this when they work in a medium of both sight and SOUND is completely beyond me.
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Gasparino Rocks!!
CH on May 4, 2009 10:52 PMLeave him alone! He is brilliant and I love watching him on the air. I actually look forward to his comments. How can you say someone line Rick Santelli stays and Gasparino has to go? Get real!!