Think FOX News is bad? Wait till you get a look at the new MSN:

[brentspeak]

MSN doesn't push the same kind of conservative propaganda that FOX News specializes in (i.e. "The War On Christmas", or "How it's safer in Iraq than it is driving in California"). What MSN does push, though, is pure Investing Class-PR crap, as evidenced by the network's financial "experts". You will be hard-pressed to find a group of more happy-to-be-media-whores than these clowns. Check out their hit-pieces and pro-corporate press-release B.S:

MSN's Tim Middleton:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/MutualFunds/EdwardsMakingHisMillionsGrow.aspx

How John Edwards makes his millions grow

By Tim Middleton

The presidential candidate one newspaper has labeled "Richie Rich in bib overalls" is a remarkably sophisticated investor.

Former Sen. John Edwards has exploited the middle of his famous three H's -- his $400 haircuts, his hedge-fund consulting and his new 28,000-square-foot home -- to spread his fortune around a maze of trusts and accounts that total something between $29.5 million (his campaign's estimate) and $62 million (the high end of ranges described in his federal disclosure).

(snip)

After Edwards' $400 haircuts became public knowledge, he said he had reimbursed his campaign for them. They are the least of his luxuries, however. His new $5 million home is on 102 acres.

(snip)

But he can certainly fall back on his investments. They include many of the things he rails against, and those investments are good.

MSN's Michael Brush:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/CompanyFocus/WalMartsReboundWorthBuyingInto.aspx

Wal-Mart's rebound worth buying into

By Michael Brush
I can buy almost anything I want in New York City, but I can't do it at Wal-Mart (WMT, news, msgs). Activists on the left have blocked the retailer's expansion here because they don't like Wal-Mart's labor practices.

But activists can't stop me from buying Wal-Mart stock -- and I think that's a good thing to do in the coming months.

(snip)

Just as McDonald's won over some opponents by tweaking its menu to make it a little healthier, Wal-Mart needs to make sure it stomps out the negative impression of its labor practices and to continue pointing out how its affordable prices help low-income people. For example, Wal-Mart estimates that its program of filling many prescriptions for $4 saved customers about $350 million last year. Wal-Mart may never win over hardcore haters, but like McDonald's, it could stem the tide enough to help improve sales growth.

MSN's Jon Markman:

The truth behind those $#@*!# gas prices

By Jon Markman

(snip)

There's no point in getting mad at the oil companies, despite their record profits. They aren't gouging you, and the higher prices aren't their fault.

Your friend, big oil

Rather than complaining, investors are better off figuring out how to make a buck off this turn of events. One of the best opportunities out there right now is industry heavyweight ExxonMobil, which is paradoxically both the largest public company in America and also one of the least appreciated.

[blondeatlast]

1. "...activists can't stop me from buying Wal-Mart stock ..." No, but they can make you live to

regret it. Not that I needed another reason to avoid that miserable shopping "experience," but that comment sealed the deal for good.

:puke:

[rpannier]

2. Ahhh...The tools of the upper crust

Fortunately, the upper crust usually gets whacked first at the desert table.

[depakid]

3. "more happy-to-be-media-whores"

These are precisely the sorts of people that I'll NEVER feel sorry for when the economy collapses. I only hope people remember what they wrote when they come hat in hand....

[sandnsea]

4. We should be storming 'news' HQ

Not Conyers office.

[brentspeak]

6. Things are improving, but only slightly

Jack Cafferty refusing to cover Lindsey Lohan, for example. We'll see how far the ethically-minded journalists can go before the executives crack down on them.

[zbdent]

5. They fellate those who don't have to worry about whether to buy stock

or eat for the month ...

[brentspeak]

7. self-kick

:kick:

[BlooInBloo]

8. Yah it's stupid, but DUers bitch about the same stupid shit.

[brentspeak]

9. ???

[BlooInBloo]

10. DU spent/spends weeks on end bitching about rich John Edwards.