Reason Writers on the Tube: Nick Gillespie on Congressional Conflicts of Interest & Transparency on CNBC's Power Lunch

Reason's Nick Gillespie appeared on CNBC's Power Lunch to discuss Congressional conflicts of interest and whether politicians should be allowed to invest in industries they regulate on June 16, 2010.

Approximately 4.23 minutes.

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[SugarFree]

Video link broken for me.

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I can sum it up for you: The guests spoke past and over one another for 2 minutes while the hosts contributed nothing meaningful.

I didn't actually watch. I'm just guessing.

[Death Panelist]

Also, by the end, everyone agreed with Gillespie.

[Death Panelist]

(Not a guess. They actually did.)

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I watched. My only complaint is that there weren't more distracting graphics and sound effects. They could have easily fitted the weather forecast in there, and maybe some sports scores.

[Death Panelist]

I don't know, I think there weren't enough guests, and it was too long.

And, they let individual panelists drone on for upwards of 20 seconds a pop. There was a very real danger of them finishing their points.

[CNBC]

Sheesh, what a bunch of gripers! We only have 24 hours of programming, people. This ain't C-SPAN. Americans' attention spans are...um...

[P Brooks]

Did they have the cameraman lunging to and fro while taking a picture of some guy's still photo on a monitor?

I LOVE when they do that. And those "whooshy" noises; awesome.

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Agreed. They also missed an opportunity to read some crackpot viewer emails: "rxbfq489 from Milwaukee writes, 'but if ur congrsmn was transprnt, how wd we see m?'"

[ola]

tyler matheson sucks

[sage]

CNBC made a tactical error by placing The Jacket next to the stock market ticker when the Dow was up. Now people will associate libertarians with economic prosperity.

[Astrid]

Yeah, better go steal some old people's social security checks to remind people to hate us.

[NotLinky]

Nick can travel to the future.

Skillz.