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1 pt	Ben Stein on Wall Street "Money Honeys"
	Mar 19, 2008 01:19 AM UTC

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Via CONTROLLED GREED.com:

Via TVNewser, I found this article by Ben Stein on how watching business news on TV has gotten like looking at a Victoria's Secret catalog.

Stein focuses mostly -- surprise -- on the new Fox Business Network. But he also brings up CNBC hosts Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett. He correctly points out that the "money honey" trend started with Ms. Bartiromo. I'll add that I've caught Bloomberg TV several mornings recently (carried on the E! channel), and Bloomberg's female anchors are pretty easy on the eyes as well.

Why the "money honey" trend?

Well, most business TV viewers are men. And you don't have to be Rupert Murdoch or Roger Ailes to know what that means in hiring on-air talent.

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