Why does larry kudlow still have a job?

[Jakes Progress]

I was out of town when this piece of dirt revealed himself. I come back and there is nothing in the news about it anymore. If Michael Moore or Howard Dean or even Geithner (a tool in his own right) had said this, the media would be humming for months until the guy found himself fired and ostracized by society. Did you read his "sorry bout that" apology?

I guess I'll have to start watching the show so that I can make a list of advertisers to write to.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. What did he say?

[meegbear]

3. CNBC anchor Larry Kudlow made a startling statement about the earthquake in Japan on Friday...

Kudlow was listening to a report about the global stock markets doing well in the wake of the quake. "All in all, the market taking this in stride," his co-host said to him.

"The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that," Kudlow responded. "And the human toll is a tragedy, we know that."

Kudlow later apologized for the statement on Twitter, writing, "talking about markets.I flubbed the line. Sincere apology."

<snip>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/13/larry-kudlow-human-toll-japan_n_835067.html

[apnu]

18. Flubbed a line is right. He's reading off a script. They all are.

I have my back to the TV with CNBC on all day long at my job. Those fucking morons have no idea what they're talking about. Interestingly, the tea bagging republicans who want that shit on all day agree with me -- CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, MSNBC, CNN and the lot have no fucking idea what's coming out of their mouths and they're all just reading off a teleprompter.

We've dropped Fox because nobody would watch it when we had it. But they all masturbate over Drudge... go figure.

[meegbear]

25. I have all Fox News channels on parental lock ...

the regular and HD channels and not with 1234 as the unlock code. No one's asked yet for me to put it on, but I'll 'em the remote and say if you can unlock it, you can watch it.

[Common Sense Party]

2. Dammit, why is it so hard for DU'ers to provide CONTEXT?

What are you talking about?

[Jakes Progress]

8. Damnit. Try these.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/03/14/2011-03-14_cnbcs_larry_kudlow_slammed_for_japan_quip_grateful_that_human_toll_is_worse_than.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/13/larry-kudlow-human-toll-japan_n_835067.html

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnbc-host-larry-kudlow-grateful-japans-human-toll-looks-to-be-worse-than-economic-toll/

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/03/larry-kudlow-devalues-human-life-with-japan-earthquake-freudian-slip.html

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattw/cnbcs-larry-kudlow-japanese-earthquake-fail-arl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbXFKuK2tAk

http://crooksandliars.com/john-amato/larry-kudlow-apologizes-over-his-japane

Sorry. I thought It was pretty obvious. I can't take it for granted that everyone follows the news.

[Common Sense Party]

10. No, you can't. Some of us follow the news, but may have missed a story.

Some of us were working or on vacation and thus might have missed the one story to which you refer. Some may have heard the story du jour about a RW dirtbag, but may think that perhaps said dirtbag has done or said something new or even more reprehensible.

The point is, a post like: "Wow. I can't believe he did that" doesn't help anyone or foster much dialogue or debate, because we're not mind readers.

Far too often, DU'ers post an OP that would work well as a conversational aside to someone they were in the same room with, watching the same television program, but that is meaningless to someone across the country or across the world who has no idea to what you're referring.

That's why context is crucial.

One needn't even post seven links to provide context--especially since that requires that readers click through to some completely different site to read an article that may or may not be of interest. Simply typing out a brief, one-sentence summary of what you're referring to, and then allows others to comment, ensuring that we're on the same page.

[Jakes Progress]

12. I'll help people keep up from now on.

You want to help me by telling me how to post, let me give you a little help too.

If you don't know what a post is about, just let it go. If the poster makes you mad by not telling you what you want to know, then kill the post by letting it drop. It isn't absolutely necessary to comment on every single post. Just a little helpful advice.

[Common Sense Party]

13. Thank you for that helpful advice, and you're welcome for the advice I gave you.

It will definitely help.

[Jakes Progress]

21. Now that you have caught up,

do you have any opinion about kudlow's statements?

[Common Sense Party]

23. He's a financial guy who was mainly talking about the financial markets

and how the Japan disaster wasn't taking a huge toll on the financial markets, for which he, as a financial guy, was grateful. He completely screwed the pooch by throwing the "human toll" in the same sentence, probably because the corporate overlords told them all to be respectful of the human toll, and he mixed it in when he shouldn't have, and didn't think about his stupid phrasing.

[Jakes Progress]

27. How cool. How detached.

Must be nice.

[Common Sense Party]

28. That's what happened. But feel free to engage in your own narrative.

[Jakes Progress]

29. I get it. I do get it.

Well. As long as there's no problem for you here and your portfolio wasn't affected.

[Common Sense Party]

31. That's a cute drama queen move, but no. What this means is that not

everyone agrees with you and that you may be seeing things that aren't there.

[Jakes Progress]

32. Ooooh. Nicely played. So I'm a queen. What this means

is that most thinking people don't agree with you and that you are avoiding seeing things that might upset you to think about. But you keep on watchin' old CNBC. We all hope you take their financial advice if you plan on adopting their world view.

[Common Sense Party]

33. Oh, so I'm not a thinking person, got it. You're the one reacting emotionally

but I'm not thinking. Okay.

I'm not upset about anything. I NEVER watch CNBC, because all they are is noise. Nothing can be learned from noise.

But if you honestly think that Kudlow was saying--and it was his intent to say--that humans don't matter and money is everything, I believe you're wrong and if you watch the actual video with an open mind, you would see it was a dumb, dumb mistake.

That's all. I'm done.

[Jakes Progress]

34. Damn those emotions. Just because several thousand people died

there shouldn't be any emotions involved.

If you don't watch CNBC how do you know anything about larry kudlow? If all you did is watch the clip, then you are the one missing information.

Sorry that you aren't upset about anything. Anything? You see, I can tell that you don't mean that you aren't upset that thousands died and a country is in dire straits. You just wanted to get in that you are above it all and too cool for the room. So you popped off and said that you aren't upset about anything. I'm sure you are upset about some things. I know that you don't mean what you said because we have had an exchange and because you are on DU. And I have watched CNBC before. That is how I know that kudlow was letting his lizard feelings show. I truly believe that if he had the choice between his portfolio being wiped out and a city in Japan being wiped out, he would choose his portfolio. If you don't believe that, then you don't watch the show and you don't know.

(Let me guess. Ayn Rand had a big impact on your life. Libertarian? Not accusing, just clarifying and trying to match words and motives.)

[cbdo2007]

It's obvious he misspoke.

Have you ever misspoke before? Should you have lost your job over it?

[Fumesucker]

5. If by "misspoke" you mean "inadvertently revealed the truth" then I agree.. n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

7. How and why is it "obvious?"

Seriously...I don't see that at all, and saying that "it's obvious he misspoke" tells me that you know something about Kudlow or the situation that the rest of us don't.

[Jakes Progress]

11. If I were a public spokesman and said property was more important than lives

then yes. I should have lost my job.

[W_HAMILTON]

19. What did he mean to say, then?

Because if you assume he reversed the terms, what he said would make no sense.

[Jakes Progress]

30. Sounds to me like several are glad their portfolios

were not adversely affected. Whew.

[Oceansaway]

4. because CNBC is a rightwing

shill show and they like Larry, the Coke head !

[theophilus]

6. He is a steaming pile. CNBC should be canned in its entirety, imo. n/t

[Jakes Progress]

20. It amazes me how many idiots actually take advice

from these hacks. They bulled right through the financial fall, advising people to do exactly what they shouldn't do. Their advice led thousands to bankruptcy, while enriching wall street villains.

[butterfly77]

9. He didn't just reveal himself..

he has been doing that for years,the POS...NPR?????? among others who have lost theirs over the truth.

[Johonny]

14. His job is to give economic advice and opinions

not to lead prayer vigils. He gave economic advice as he saw it. Why must everyone bow down to the most sensitive people in society? The over reaction to peoples tweets and off hand remarks is already more boring than the remarks themselves. If not for the over reaction Larry's remarks would have been heard by almost nobody because no one watches CNBC. But thanks to over reaction, now everyones heard them. The power of the over sensitive to spread the news they say they most don't want to hear :)

[Common Sense Party]

16. Exactly. n/t

[AngryOldDem]

17. That's fine,

but he could have just stopped by saying that the economic toll probably would not be as bad as some feared, instead of comparing economics with human life. He didn't need to bring the death toll into the conversation at all.

[Jakes Progress]

22. Must be nice

not to let anything bother you. What some might consider not being over sensitive to others is reptilian lack of concern for others. But you get to be who you want to be.

But see. Many of us do think that people who use the public airwaves influence others. kudlow is a slimy shill for the moneyed class. His comments are a good indicator of how these people think. If this doesn't upset you, then I suppose the crap the palin spouts shouldn't bother people either. Just what would dent your armor?

[A Simple Game]

35. Just a few words of advice,

If Kudlow bothers you, you really don't want to turn the channel to Fox!

Truth is you can't let it bother you, there will always be a Kudlow. If not on tv, then down the street, around the corner, in the bar, etc.

It wouldn't do any good to complain to the network about Kudlow, because his target audience is not you and they don't care what you think nor do his advertisers.

I learned a long time ago to only worry about the things I can control, be concerned about the things that affect me, and not to worry about the things I have no control over.

Now how does what Kudlow said affect your life?

[AngryOldDem]

15. Because he and CNBC are made for each other.

He meant every word he said about the victims.

CNBC is truly an alternate universe. Someone needs to tell these folks and their viewers that they can't take it with them -- in the end, all the wealth will mean shit. Kudlow and that network personify the amoral, heartless, and soulless culture high finance is.

I didn't know what he said either until I read it on DU. His comments make Gilbert Gottfried's look like nothing -- yet, who did you hear more about?

(And almost all the advertisers on CNBC are investment houses. So good luck trying to change THEIR minds.)

[Jakes Progress]

24. That's why I wondered

what would have happened to the quote if someone on the left side said it.

Soulless is the right adjective for the crowd that feels this way or has no problem with people who say that property matters more than people.

[RainDog]

26. for the same reason that others paid to give blow jobs to the rich have theirs

it's all about the money and he's willing to be a whore.