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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsn't it ironic that Tweety was fired / quit the same day Welch died?
Jack Welch, CEO Who Led Former NBC Universal Owner General Electric, Dies at 84Jack Welch, the hard-charging former CEO of General Electric who bought NBC owner RCA in the 1980s, has died. He was 84.
Welchs death was reported Monday by CNBC, where Welch made appearances after his retirement in 2001.
Welchs death was reported Monday by CNBC, where Welch made appearances after his retirement in 2001.
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The GE takeover of NBC was rocky, as memorialized in jokes delivered on NBCs Late Night With David Letterman. Letterman got a lot of traction out of a video clip of what he called the GE handshake after he arrived unannounced at the GE lobby in New York with a fruit basket and a video crew to get to know NBCs new owners. An executive who met the late-night host in the lobby briefly extended his hand to Letterman, but then withdrew it quickly when he realized he was on camera.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/jack-welch-former-chairman-ceo-general-electric-dies-84-n1146876
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Isn't it ironic that Tweety was fired / quit the same day Welch died? (Original Post)
lapucelle
Mar 2020
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blm
(112,919 posts)1. Us longtimers we sez, yep.
Last edited Mon Mar 2, 2020, 09:10 PM - Edit history (1)
matt819
(10,749 posts)2. In the linked article
The buffoon says he and Jack Welch did deals together.
Anyone believe that?
Apparently Chris had a home close to Jack at Martha's Vineyard. He spent a lot of time with him and many felt that Jack had been protecting him for years.
lapucelle
(18,037 posts)7. Here's a classic from liberal critic of the "liberal" media, Bob Somersby.
ALL IN THE FAMILY! Jack Welch told a Nantucket neighbor about this great economy:
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Last night, the great debate about the economy continued apace on Hardball. The question: If the economy is so darn good, why wont voters give George Bush credit? Chris Matthews introduced his guestand continued to ask that key question:
MATTHEWS (7/12/06): Welcome back. President Bush says the economy, his policies, in fact, are working and his first term tax cuts are bringing jobs and a new prosperity to America. But if its that great out there, why isn`t he getting credit for itall the credit he says he deserves? Here to explain what`s going on in the world of politics and of money is Jack Welch.
The previous evening, as weve noted, David Gergen had answered that question on Hardball (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 7/12/06). Why arent voters giving Bush credit? Here was Gergens explanationan explanation which is quite conventional, except among the power elite:
GERGEN (7/11/06): If you look at the numbers on the growth side, it looks great, but in terms of my actual life, most people find that their incomes are stagnant and they cannot afford the higher cost of health care and many otherand gasoline and many other things that are coming their way, and thats why they`re very unhappy.
For most people, incomes are stagnant. The economy hasnt been great for them, Gergen somehow managed to suggest.
But the economy is great for Jack Welch.
THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006
ALL IN THE FAMILY: Last night, the great debate about the economy continued apace on Hardball. The question: If the economy is so darn good, why wont voters give George Bush credit? Chris Matthews introduced his guestand continued to ask that key question:
MATTHEWS (7/12/06): Welcome back. President Bush says the economy, his policies, in fact, are working and his first term tax cuts are bringing jobs and a new prosperity to America. But if its that great out there, why isn`t he getting credit for itall the credit he says he deserves? Here to explain what`s going on in the world of politics and of money is Jack Welch.
The previous evening, as weve noted, David Gergen had answered that question on Hardball (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 7/12/06). Why arent voters giving Bush credit? Here was Gergens explanationan explanation which is quite conventional, except among the power elite:
GERGEN (7/11/06): If you look at the numbers on the growth side, it looks great, but in terms of my actual life, most people find that their incomes are stagnant and they cannot afford the higher cost of health care and many otherand gasoline and many other things that are coming their way, and thats why they`re very unhappy.
For most people, incomes are stagnant. The economy hasnt been great for them, Gergen somehow managed to suggest.
But the economy is great for Jack Welch.
http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh071306.shtml
Submariner
(12,485 posts)3. Tweety got Welch to cancel Phil Donahue's show
Tweety hated the liberal talk show host.
lapucelle
(18,037 posts)5. Wow... I didn't know that.
The Daily Howler (Bob Somersby, liberal critic of the "liberal" press) wrote at length about the Russett-Matthews-Welch triumvirate.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,059 posts)6. Thanks for reminding me how wonderful Phil was. nt
Donahue had an engaging style that Matthews couldnt emulate.