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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Rise Above

1. November 30, 2012 12:41 AM

   Hot air Rises Above on CNBC

   An anchor pins a minor dip in stocks on the TV appearance of a minor politician

   By Ryan Chittum

   Rise Above, if you're among the 99.95 percent of the country who don't watch CNBC on a given day, is the network's campaign against the government for not putting "politics" aside to come to a budget agreement that's to the stock market's liking. It's also an unlikely crusade, as I noted last week, from a news organization with some of...

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2. November 20, 2012 02:57 PM

   Rise Above, CNBC’s move into advocacy

   Corporate America's house organ starts an anti-political political campaign

   By Ryan Chittum

   Any time you see Wall Street CEOs and CNBC campaigning for what they call the common good, it's worth raising an eyebrow or two. So it is with CNBC's "Rise Above" crusade, which has blanketed its airwaves and adorned its lapels since the day after the election with pleas for a solution to the so-called "fiscal cliff." You'll note that...

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