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TV Showdown: Rukeyser Readies To Square Off With Fortune Foes
The Wall Street Journal ^ | Tuesday, June 25, 2002 | SALLY BEATTY

Posted on 06/25/2002 3:57:05 AM PDT by TroutStalker

Edited on 04/22/2004 11:46:41 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A short time ago, it looked like a sad end for 69-year-old Louis Rukeyser. Learning that Maryland Public Television was planning to replace him as host of "Wall $treet Week" -- his own creation, and shown nationwide on public-TV stations -- he used the program to blast his bosses, who sacked him in March.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pbs; rukeyser

1 posted on 06/25/2002 3:57:05 AM PDT by TroutStalker
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To: TroutStalker
"We broke a habit," says Mr. Fennimore, "and we have not yet created a habit for the new show."

I will create my own habits thank you very much.

I do not see any value in the current show as it has been reduced.

If they just turn it into just another news reporting show
(with PBS "syle" bias) then I will seek information to aid
in making profit elsewhere.

2 posted on 06/25/2002 5:50:44 AM PDT by Greeklawyer
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To: TroutStalker
Death to PBS
3 posted on 06/25/2002 9:16:34 AM PDT by Drango
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