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Incredibly stupid TV blunders on DOW value
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Paxman did mention that it was Thanksgiving.
BTW all the BBC business news/programs seem to use the same graphics.I'm not cynical I'm realistic
(If a link I give opens pop ups I won't know I don't use windows)0 -
I got a thread started on the Points of View message baord
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbpointsofview/F1951566?thread=48160500 -
free4440273 wrote: »Yeah, it seems to happen every time the American market is closed. Shows how little attention the presenters/researchers really pay to the markets. On the other hand, it was a mistake...and it was Gavin Esler yesterday
Poor old Paxman:rolleyes:BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!
THE KILLERS :cool:
THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:0 -
Even dumber mistake Friday night. Emily Maitlis stated the US market were closed for the holiday, of course the US markets had been open! :doh:
An apology for the Thursday mess:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2007/11/market_sentiment_1.html"The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else." -- Frederic Bastiat, 1848.0 -
^Made even worse by the fact that the closing prices were unable to be displayed on the screen: "Sorry about that, you'll just have to trust me", she said!:rotfl:
*Dow up 181 points to 12,980.BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!
THE KILLERS :cool:
THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:0 -
OK, how much are we betting that Paxman makes the same mistake tonight (the US markets being closed for MLK Day) and announces that the Dow is down 60 (being Friday's figure)?
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