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Goodbye Dennis: Kneale Going To Fox Business
Good news: the man who coined the phrase Digital Dickweed is gone; The Better news: he will be reunited with former CNBC colleague Charlie Gasparino. The Best news: the Fed did not buy Dennis' contract on behalf of taxpayers. Which is odd - the Fed is now in the business of buying EVERYTHING.
From TV Newser:
Looks like another CNBC reporter is leaving to join Fox Business Network.
TVNewser hears that Dennis Kneale is expected to join Fox Business in an on-air role covering media and advertising.
We have calls out to Fox Business, and will update when we hear back.
Kneale’s departure is not a surprise. His on-air role at CNBC was diminished over the Summer when he was pulled off the mid-day show “Power Lunch,” and a number of outlets reported that he was likely to leave the network when his contract expired this month.
Now it appears that Kneale will be reunited with his old CNBC colleague Charlie Gasparino, the same man he had this memorable exchange with back in 2008. Gasparino left CNBC for FBN in February of this year.
Regular readers recall there is no love loss between Dennis and Zero Hedge.
Farewell Dennis. Better luck next time.

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I hope Fox got him on the cheap, because I don't think he's bringing any sort of fan base with him.
that was my thought too.
i don't think they did their homework, unless ... <tinfoil> GE is buying fox behind the scenes, muhwaahahah </tinfoil, etc.>
Fox usually picks up the better CNBS talking heads. I would have expected Santelli to get picked up. Kneale is a schmuck. He will drive fans away.
Speaking of talking heads...this is probably how most people picture Dennis Kneale...NSFW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNWIjlZYHx8&feature=related
Very, very true. Anyone and everyone who can't stand this douchebag should email FBN and tell them they will never watch the network if he's ever allowed on air:
feedback@foxbusiness.com
Fox business news tells YOU who to hate. Not the other way around.
Ha!
No shit. Dennis "Dickweed" Kneale should have been sent down to the minor leagues, maybe to MSNBC as a field reporter for Rachel Maddow.
Fox should have spent the money to get Santelli, he is the ONLY one worth anything at CNBS.
This is a step backward for FOX Business, a big step backward.
BTW that freeze frame picture should be added to Wikipedia's Dickweed page.
So who the fuck's this Dennis Kneale guy?
Kneale? He's a certain sexually frustated blogger's wet dream. Not saying which one. Long time readers can probably guess.
Kneale's a tranny... which makes him slightly bigger than Timmay but just as useless...
Hell, he should gone to the SEC. Be loved, there!
LOL...Beaker Goes to Washington...I like it!
Now all we need is campaign slogans ;-)
"Now all we need is campaign slogans ;-)"
No stems no seeds that you don't need, Digital Dickweed... is bad ass weed.
The kid's won't get it.
I did...looking through my window pane ;-)
How in the Sam F*** could I be the first one to post this classic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFLfzbZQFI
Just say yeah and talk to some car people....
Macke and Kneale are not that far apart in the doofus department.
At least Macke can make some bucks in the real world of trading.
Kneale is a mis-directed jerk. His ideas are severely short-sighted.
Fox, television... :)
Goes to show how low the bar is to get and keep a job in business 'journalism'.
Why would anyone hire this clueless pumper?
Has the "Great Recession" ended yet Beaker?
according to that dickwad it never started... I'm surprised Sesame Street didn't pick up his contract for another season playing Big Bird.
they put the google eyed dipshit there so the babes will look better
Do you think he will invite Denninger back for another rematch?
Yawn.
Re-post.
He is a permabull and a tool, any non-bull(shi*) guest on his watch gets hammered to death and joked.
I would wager that his perma-bull tone will totally reverse, per Faux's agenda. Suddenly, everything is wrong with the economy, the stock market is held up with Tinker toys and Scotch tape, and if Republicans aren't elected, everything will come crashing down.
The only real question is whether or not Faux News has a wide-angle lens large enough for that absurdly large fake nose and eye-wear that he sports. Anyone know why Kneale wears a cheap disguise kit? The only thing missing is the excessively bushy mustache, which I'm sure he could borrow from John Stossel's collection - I've heard Stossel has a velvet-lined attache case with 30 of them.
that mother fucker belongs in Hanna Barbera cartoon... from one home shopping nework to the next... I guess the late night knife shows didnt want him.
LOL
Kneale and Liesman together....
Dennis sure had a way in presenting coke induced news.
Then "Dickweed" Dennis has been in the Green Room with Larry Kudlow...
The last Kudlow clip Tyler posted was such a manic coked out sweaty jabber jaw fest I am surprised Larry's head didn't explode right there...
What’s this?
Dow – 780 …….. S&P – 320
Vix + 52 ……….. (smile)
don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out you fucking douchebag
That is Keynesian douchebage to you.
Zero Hedge-1
Dennis Kneale - 0
Even the Fed can't handle the really toxic waste. There are physical limits that even the masters of the universe must abide by.
Good news: We now know the molecular structure of the Feds Kryptonite. Fire up the cloning machines and grab a lock of Kneale's hair because we finally have our hands on the ultimate weapon against the Fed. :>)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite
"grab a lock of Kneale's hair"
Better get the de-greaser first!
Keep making wise cracks and laughing it up. Dennis Kneale could be our next Treasury Secretary, because they are going to need an EPIC fall guy to replace Timmy.
he's as brilliant as he is good looking.
'he's as brilliant as he is good looking."
LMAO!
this guy underscores my belief in the supernatural. how he stays employed in that business is a new testament miracle...or a sad commentary on the pathetic state of the financial media. by hiring him, Fox Business just guaranteed that i will never watch them
It is amazing that an asshat like Kneale can be on TV. Worse yet is that Ma and Pa might actually listen to him. I firmly believe he is the dumbest and most irrelevant person ever on financial TV and that's saying something.
Marshall McLuhan is laughing from Media Heaven...........
The Worst news: This douche lives in my neighborhood. You think seeing him on tv makes you ill... try looking at this walking chicken in person.
please tell me he is not reproducing, please - even if you have to lie
LOL
He's not reproducing and I'm not lying.
Remember, clones are sterile and can't reproduce. Thankfully.....in this case.
wow, relief. That is one small but important victory for the future of planet earth.
Whoah ah lowah...
I had kids andah wife calls me a "fucking clown" all dah time. So whazzamatta? I don unaahstan.
No he is not reproducing but he has a daughter though that he adopted. He is gay.
You Outed Him! OMG! He'll read this and have a fit! You'll have his blood all over your hands for the rest of your life when he jumps off the GW Bridge on his way to cry his eyes out with Snookie. OMG! How could you do this to Him? You'll never ever be able to sleep again. OMG.
(Crying. Wondering where the day went, winding up here on ZH posting about Dennis Kneale. Do we have any idea how much brain power is being wasted here, now? Not enough!)
Snooki want smoosh smoosh!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxPnb4Rt2OY
I think that is "hate speech", you may be brought up on bullying charges in several states.
When I think douchebag...I think Dennis. Signed - Anonymous Blogger.
Clip of Dennis enjoying Fox News well before reported departure...look in the background...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EmIvbfFe7M&feature=related
What happened to his contract with Sesame Street?
"Indecent Exposure to a Minor Muppet" was how the police log explained it.
I believe it went down like this:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/154416/pleasure-model
Good for Dennis.
Truly remarkable what the Fed is printing money for. ZH has been documenting, I've been reviewing ZH archives. There is nothing they have not done. We're just a big petrie dish.
Hired under the Americans with Disabilities act.
* see - If I only had a Brain clause.
Nice.
a poll is clearly needed to determine who on cnbc's payroll is now their least valuable asset as the obvious holder of that title is no longer available. of course, the field is very crowded and a great deal of effort might be required in order to weed out the proper candidate.
[mr. kudlow gets my vote but ms. caruso-cabrera might very well be more deserving in spite of her prominent assets.]
the good news for FBN is that whomever holds that title in their lineup will soon be replaced by the arrival of the former cnbc employee.
Don't forget about Lies-man.
the list is long and terribly infested with deserving contestants.
cramer, liesman, bartiromo, pisani, hobbs ...
mr. hobbs is a particularly tragic case. his first appearance was heartening. he showed up on fast money and promptly lambasted the traitors [ahem, traders] for pumping things to their viewers [nearly so many, i suspect, as there are traders featured on the show since dylan left] which they wouldn't be able to exit so easily as the FM folks could. apparently the experiment to clone what passes for mr. cramer's brain and transplant it into an unwitting [unwitting after the procedure, that is] victim was swift and successful for he immediately changed his tune and grabbed the GE banner. very sad.
i've no doubt that all of the participants of the zero hedge board can contribute similar stories regarding the value of cnbc's on-air talent; hence the need for a poll.
He is almost as annoying as Kneale. Both give me stomach aches. Its like listening to the Yankees broadcasters.
Liesman is holding out for a FED appointment, maybe as Bernanke's fluffer before Benron's speeches? After all Benron can't tell Congress what to do with a limp dick.
Ah yes, I remember all that!
I have time for Kneale, even if I disagree with the majority of what he says, unlike Cramer and a load of those other 'shout over everybody else' presenters.
I remember a lot of posters referring to him as Beaker - obviously not having anything constructive to say about his viewpoints they presumably thought that amusing...not.
DavidC
Perhaps, but his presentation is always "in character." No?
Why in the hell would Fox want a horses ass like Kneale? LOL
obviously, they are working on completing their set.
you know, like going to mcdonalds to collect all five of the lead-infused commemorative glasses pertaining to whatever promotion they're running at the time.
Ha ha. Good one!
Ditto!
Fox -12 HP -50 Mana
Great news. Maybe he can take Joe Kernan with him!
The ultimate gas bag is now reunited with Charlie Gasbag. One more reason to stay away from the Faux Business Network.
that guy is a total dickweed.
http://img828.imageshack.us/f/mehro5386.jpg/
I miss Ted David and the Ballon Boy's parents
Lateral move.
From Useless waste of of a transponder capacity to equally useless waste of a transponder capacity.
Sounds like the satellite companies stay good. Nothing else has changed. It's all shit reporting anyway.
Too bad KTNB Nebraska didn't get the man with the 1,400 word question Mr, eb eb eb Porky Pig hisself, Dylan Rat-Again. He's left on a natty network which I chance into by accident, unfortunately
Well Fox just screwed themselves with that trade.
But just imagine how much fun he and Billow Wryly will have making homoerotic passes at each other backstage. I hear Billow has a thing for former Sesame Street actors.
Why didn't FOX go after the only two worth pursuing at CNBC - Diana Olich(spelling?) and our boy Mr. Tea Party himself. Am I the only one who truly loves it when he takes on that sunshine pumper Liesman and will not let up until they damn near have to "mute" him into silence?
Mandy........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Maria!
Maria!
Maria!
Fox Business already has Elizabeth MacDonald (their Diana) and I think Santelli would be too expensive. GE/Comcast won't let him go without a fight.
Side topic: I wonder what comcast is going to do to MSNBC? I think some heads are going to start rolling over there.
LOL
I feel exactly the same way.
Steve Liesman is the biggest douche; he has got to be someone's Son-In-Law to even be on the air because he has the brains and demeanor of a two-bit Guido bouncer at the strip club.
CNN/fn didn't want him?
I luv permabuls, I luv permabulls
No I don't, No I don't
Geez 3 or 4 more of these " on the takes" get taken out and CNBC may be able to be watched again.
Imagine that:::)
why does this guy have a career? He's an idiot. Media commentary is too important to listen to this ars discuss. Fox and Kneale? Dumb and dumber...
hard to believe Rupert could enginerr a deal for the WSJ, then offer a contract to DK
hip hip!!
whoa whoa whoa. let's start at the beginning.
dennis who?
LOL
The ultimate salute goodbye.
"Who did you say that was and why should I care?" :>)
Headline should be "Beaker Leaving The Muppets for Fox News"...
Good, I can keep my avatar now. It was feeling a little irrelevant lately.
You beat me to the punch
http://thisainthell.us/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/beaker.jpg
THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH...I HATE THAT STUPID UGLY FUCK AND HE IS BEAKER! NOBODY SAYS THAT THESE DAYS...BUT HE IS A FUCKING TOOL AND BEAKER...NICE ONE! LOL....YOU BEAT ME TO IT!
Ok I'm laughing now
+3000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
I think the highlight of that dork's career was when went after us gold bitchez. You be fucked up now aren't ya Beak!!
C'mere I'll give the gold finga!~~~
he is the digital dickweed. Back in June 2009 he said the recession was over. Unfortunately now NBER seems to agree with him. As far as I am concerned that makes NBER a digitial dickweed as well. The recession has not ended....you can't have a double dip without the first one ending.
Long the live the depression which began in January 2009.
Dennis Kneal sucks!
Wonder if he takes the Champagne with him for the next "Recession is Over" party?
I thought FOX was smarter than this.
Once again FOX fails to disappoint in this area.
I want to hear from all the chicks that think he's hot and post here.
Kneale was one of the reasons I stopped watching CNBC. Not that I would go back, but still. I don't have Fox Business, but have been watching Bloomberg occasionally. I found that I trade better without all the TV spin anyway.
Now if Santelli were to jump to Fox, I would order Fox right away!
Does anyone have any idea when Rick Santelli's contract is up?
I thought it was funny when Beaker, tried to duke it out with Tyler on fight club.
Dennis Kneale - next to Steve Liesman the most annoying person on CNBC.
Maybe FOX needed a token weiner; or they will send him on assignment to every hurricane and blizzard to stand out in the elements and think up an economic impact.
About two years ago Lies man came on here and chunked a few comments when he hears he was being dissed on zerohedge.
More annoying than MCC... or any of the Power Lunch crew or even CRAMER for that matter!?!? Liesman is genius compared to those zippa-heads... LOL!!!
Kneale does make a great 'token weiner'!
"'token weiner'!"
LMAOF on that one... Quote of the week...
What if Fox DIDN'T hire Kneale? What if CNBC just let him go instead? Now THAT would be news!
That'd be funny.
Apply for a job at BLS.
He can always go over to Bloomberg with the rest of the losers.
Aaaaahhh,yeeeaaaahhhh.
On another note, see ya dickweed!
Hey look Madge. Beaker is going to Fox.......ha ha ha ha ha.
Let's get to the real meat of the matter. The only reason to watch CNBS is Santelli and Fox is Ratigan. Rest is superflous flotsam and jetsam.
Well Michelle does wear some nice clothing sometimes augmenting her upper torso.
By my greased pole test I'll go with Liz Clayman any day.
I agree. Liz is hot, no doubt.
Hey, did you see her that one day when she had on a skin tight white blouse, pencil skirt and strapped heels? I heard not a word that she and the interviewee spoke, was too busy with the picture wide/zoom/normal/abnormal mode button on the channel changer doohickie trying to get a closeup. Awesome.
ummmmmm.... uh
While on the subject of worthless human trash, why isn't this man behind bars? (rhetorical)
Countrywide CEO Mozilo settles with SEC for $67.5M Former Countrywide CEO Mozilo, 2 others agree to settle civil fraud charges for more than $70MMozillo now has to pay back all of that money he got for insider selling all of those months before country slide hit the pavement.
Nahh, not even close. That scumbag was letting out stock non-stop, worth hundreds of millions!
Well, at least he's not pale white.
Do they have tanning booths in the big house? Is Mozilo going to the big house? We could all stare at him like he should be in the big house...while we are dining at his favorite restaurant. Lets all find out where this guy likes to hang out, and just stare at him for a while. Stare at his funny tan psychosis...
Where does Andrew Mozilo of Countrywide Mortgage fame hang out?
An odd move by fox. What value do they see in kneale? He reminds me of the permanent office mail boy. Maybe he has some dirt of some sort.
Santelli should move. I guess the only way he can stomach those CNBS morons is by getting to stay out of the studio.
I find it funny that the CNBS people think they are part of wall street, and part of the elite trader HF crowd. Little do they know they are pawns and are routinely laughed at by the banksters.
Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel!
"What value do they see in kneale? He reminds me of the permanent office mail boy."
Fox has cast kneale as the character in the movie, Superman - Jimmy the Errand Boy.
Any legitimate news network that would hire that guy for anything than a "childrens toys" segment should be questioned as a reliable source for the news (whatever that is).
Dennis began at CNBS on 10-11-07, on which date the SPX printed the high of the century.
Wonder if moving to Fox could be a tradeable event?
As long as they dont get rid of Santelli or Bernie Lo, Ill be happy!
Gee, I was betting on Michelle Caruso-Cabrera to be the next CNBC talking head to go to FBN.
Dude was getting mind boggling $500,000 a year @ CNBC. Proving in America stupidity pays.
Hard to believe CNBC didn't re-sign him. Harder still to believe that Fox did. My bet is for about 1/2 of what he was getting @ CNBC.
Fox picked up Neale for the same reasons this post has over 100 comments... It aint' exactly rocket science. If you needed talent to be on TV, we'd be watching nothing but snow. Wait, we can't even watch snow any more, thanks to digital TV.
I wondered why all of a sudden Dennis Kneale disappeared from the chair in the afternoon, especially the 1:00 pm timeslot this summer. They where getting rid of him and it won't be too long for the Power lunch crowd with Sue Herrera and the others. Because their show used to be 2 hours 12-2 and now it's cut to 1 hour. I think that Michelle Caruso Cabrerra will get her own show for next year (eye candy factor, but that won't last long either). Sue is one of the last ones left from the old days of CNBC, I think eventually they are going to push her out. I think they are cutting up the big blocks of time in order to test who and what types of shows seem to be getting it's hooks into it's fan base.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjhrtclvixw
Maria!
$500K a year, wow.
Propaganda is a great business. Kneale was a douchebag but not anymore than the rest of the cast and crew except for Santelli.
Liesman is so disingenuous he looks like the "bumboy" for the administration.
cnbs should change everyone on its propoganda roster's last name to LIESman.
I will never watch Fox again if I see Dennis Kneale
"I will never watch Fox again if I see Dennis Kneale"
Count me in. As has been said many times on this thread - why would Fox do such a thing? major loss of credibility.
Beeker Unplugged?
So long "Dickweed" Dennis...
BTW Dennis: When Rup says "Kneale!" He means:
"Kneel down and get ckrackin'... you bitchez..."
I called Fox and I emailed hannity, cavuto and beck.
I do not want to see that jerk on Fox.
Wait...
You emailed 3 jerks on Fox about there being a jerk on Fox?
I wonder of any of the barren dykes at cnbs will hand him his balls back on his way out the door. Bill Griffeths didn't get his.
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this mother fucker is an absolute moron...he should be selling hot dogs in front of Fox but being the smug fuck that he his someone would probably crack his ass before long...
he knows nothing about finance, economics or monetary principle...
+1 I resisted the urge to say ugly things. LOL
I wouldn't hire that cake-eater to watch a lemonade stand.
Frankly, it says more about Fox and their own disinforming contempt for their audience that they would hire a proven snapper head.
CNBC Europe is much more balanced than CNBC US. CNBC should keep Santelli and bring back Ratigan. Diana Olick is also worth watching.
I wonder if Santelli could keep an audience with his own show? I'd like to think so.
His Ex-Colleague aka Maria Burrito didnt disappoint those who were expecting third rate book from her. Below is book review from Satyajit Das:
Maria Bartiromo with Catherine Whitney (2010) The Weekend that Changed Wall Street: An Eyewitness Account; Portfolio/ Penguin
In “The Weekend that Changed Wall Street” CNBC “star” Maria Bartiromo aka “Money Honey” provides a “celebrity” take on the crisis. Some readers may be reminded of Groucho Marx’s famous comment: “From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend on reading it.”
There was a time, long past, when reporters merely reported on the facts and only occasionally passed opinions. Ms Bartiromo seems to have cast herself as a central and sometime the sole character in the drama. “Weekend” self consciously on each page focuses on the “I”.
The author seeks to share what happened “in a way that ordinary people can understand”. In order to do this, “Weekend” takes us into the author’s boudoir – “my world – behind the curtain of capitalism” (a hitherto unknown financial metaphor) to provide “ an intimate look at the personal stories of those involved…from the richest and most powerful to the average workers.” From the airbrushed “come hither” look on the dusk jacket to highly derivative and, at times, corny text, “Weekend” exceeds the sum of your worst fears. Certainly, as Faulkner noted about Hemingway, there will be no need for the reader to rush for a dictionary in perusing this offering.
There are problems of “time space” as the weekend seems to stretch out for a number of years, emerging through a wormhole into the European debt crisis (imaginatively entitled “A Greek Tragedy”) and the Goldman Sachs indictment over a CDO transaction. There are problems of judgement – Ken Lewis is “a quiet man who masked his masterful business sense…” (page 85) and Goldman Sachs’ “reputation was solid”. (page 183) There are problems of classification – Nassim Taleb’s “Black Swan” is apparently “a critical view of the deception inherent in financial instruments” (Page 177).
There is “in depth” analysis – “Greece was in over its head and didn’t show it.” (Page 179). There is poetry – “Each afternoon, when I alight from my car on Broad Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange, I pause for a moment to look up. I have been doing this for sixteen years; it's an automatic response. There is majesty to the edifice, and its architectural grace is breathtaking.” (page 208) There is hope, although some readers by this stage may be in despair – “…we must restore fundamental principles. We must, once again, allow integrity to guide and protect us.” (Page 208)
The real insight provided by “Weekend” is unintended. The surreal power of the vapid medium of financial TV and its frequently shallow coverage of events is striking. The “names” that curry favour with the networks for coverage and airtime is astonishing. What they say is perhaps even more astonishing, as is the author’s readiness to share “off air” and presumably private remarks. The book also reveals some interesting things about modern publishing, especially its focus on celebrity rather than content, argument or writing skill.
If the future of democracy and capitalism requires a free, knowledgeable and fearless press then this book does not augur well.
In December 1998, the Economist, reviewed Soros’ The Crisis of Global Capitalism (a fellow “celebrity”, albeit with considerably more market savvy and a habit of making money) as follows: “Because of who he is there will always be buyers for his books, publishers for his books and cash-strapped academics to say flattering things about his books. None of this alters the fact that his books are no good… A remarkable thing happens to money when it passes through Mr. Soros; it emerges multiplied, but otherwise unchanged. With other inputs the results are more disappointing – to be blunt, more in line with biology. Mr. Soros gorged on chopped philosophy, mashed economics and fact and figures swimming in grease. It was too much. Before he knew what was happening out rushed this book.” It is not known whether The Economist plans to review “Weekend”.
Source: http://www.wilmott.com/blogs/satyajitdas/index.cfm
This is a win-win for Fox and CNBC. CNBC's average IQ jumps by 10 points while Fox jumps by 1 point.
Good one! Bravo!
I think the highlight of that dork's career was when went after us gold bitchez. You be fucked up now aren't ya Beak!!
C'mere I'll give the gold finga!~~~
GOLD updated chart showing parabolic move.
http://stockmarket618.wordpress.com
HE calls people out? LOL. He is a laughing stock. I would slap him like the little bitch he is and he wouldn't do a damn thing about it.
PINCH FACE.