A Seinfeld Moment
A good friend of mine wasonce employed as areporter by the largestcommodity news service atthe time. One day his majorstory was about Sugar andwhat it was going to do. AfterI read his piece, I asked:“Gary, how do you knowall of this?” I will never forgethis answer. He said:“I made it up.”1
The line between entertainment and today’s financial journalism is very murky. First, consider an instantly recognizable passage for many comedy fans:
NBC Executive: I just wanted to let you know that we’ve been discussing you at some of our meetings and we’d be very interested in doing something.
Jerry: Really? Wow.
NBC Executive: If you have any idea for a TV show for yourself, well, we’d just love to talk about it.
Jerry: I’d be very interested ...
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