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Friday, October 23, 2009

CNBC's Melissa Lee Censors Gasparino's Obama Criticism

Once again, CNBC has a "no Obama criticism" zone with host Melissa Lee.

GASPARINO: When I talked to people today at Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, they're saying listen, "I'm a producer, you know, I make this firm money, and if they -- they cap my salary I'm gone." The problem is that it's hard to trust the Obama administration because President Obama if you look at his record, you know, he's a community organizer, he --

LEE: All right, Chas.

GASPARINO: No, but this is important and this is when it's hard to trust him. When you have a president that was a borderline socialist, people worry --

LEE: Chas, Chas, Chas.