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BPC is the star of Wall Street 2

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Editor

September 27, 2010 The #1 film at the box office this weekend was “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”, the sequel to the Academy Award winning film of 1987, Wall Street. Most of the film was shot in Downtown Manhattan, and … Continue reading →

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Some economists say: “Let the housing market fully collapse fast”

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Editor

September 6, 2010 The New York Times is reporting that some economists think the “delay and pray” tactics of the federal government to prevent foreclosures and housing price reductions is just making the recovery that much further away. They say … Continue reading →

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Comparing an Islamic mosque by ground zero to a porn shop?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Editor

Update: August 15, 2010 ABC Nightly News used the same distorted logic as did the New York Times back in May and made the moral equivalence of pornography shops and strip clubs many blocks away from Ground Zero to a … Continue reading →

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Big decline in apartment prices

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Editor

July 7th, 2010 The WSJ is reporting today an update on apartment sales prices and number of units sold. The good news is that the number of units increased 179% yoy to 383 units (137 in April of 2009), and … Continue reading →

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Joke of the day

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Editor

August 6, 2010 Jay Leno: Giuliani scolded his daughter after shoplifting “You go to Harvard. You don’t start stealing till you go to Wall Street” (more…)

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The pretentious way to pronounce Muslim

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Editor

Op-Ed August 14, 2010 The old media TV news is infamous for using pretentious odd pronunciations of common words or new words of the day. Some examples include the numerous ways to botch “Qatar” as Cutter, etc, pronouncing Pakistan as … Continue reading →

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Sharks gone wild

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Editor

Our Shark posting went viral. It was picked up by New York Magazine now, and look at all the comments! https://nymag.com/daily/intel/ https://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/11/shark.html It all started out by being picked up by the Gothamist https://www.batterypark.tv/outddor-events/shark.html (more…)

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St Vincent’s hospital closure: The first of many across the country?

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Editor

April 7, 2010 St. Vincent’s hospital in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, is closing due to mounting debt and New York State cuts in funding. St. Vincent’s is the last tertiary care catholic hospital in the city. How can a business entity … Continue reading →

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Use medical device technology to seal the Gulf oil leak

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Editor

May 16, 2010 It is now painfully obvious that the team of “expert engineers” working on ad hoc solutions to seal the oil-spewing pipe at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is incompetent. Saturday Night Live lampooned them on … Continue reading →

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Are ABC News and Bloomberg News partnering?

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Editor

May 14, 2010 Are ABC News and Bloomberg News partnering? ABC News has been promoting Bloomberg news stories within their programs and introducing the stories with sentences such as, “A new report from the business giant Bloomberg news…” (see video … Continue reading →

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The iPad to have a cell phone feature added

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Editor

By ANDREW JACOB and MARC McDONALDSON Published: April 1, 2010 Cupertino, California Apple announced today the reason for the short delay in shipping the new iPad. A cell phone feature has been added. AT&T will be the carrier. The first … Continue reading →

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Did the Daily Show copy BatteryPark.TV?

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Editor

The May 10th Daily Show on Comedy Central featured a video segment poking fun at the way the TV news covered the false “fat finger” trader rumor. Their choice of segments, including obscure Fox Business footage that BatteryPark.TV first selected, … Continue reading →

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Exclusive: Citigroup is considering legal action over false rumors

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Editor

May 10 BatteryPark.TV has learned that Citigroup has assigned their legal department to collect all of the video and text stories from last week that erroneously linked Citigroup to the “fat finger trader” rumor. Citi is trying to find the … Continue reading →

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How network TV spread a false rumor about the collapse of the Dow

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Editor

May 9th, 2010 On May 6th, 2010, the Dow crashed 1000 points within 20 minutes. As with all unexplained market movements, unsubstantiated rumors popped up to explain the movement. The most sensational one was that a single human was to … Continue reading →

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Battery Pork City

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Editor

April 13, 2009 The New York Post writes about the corruption scandal of the BPCA (more…)

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Should Tiger Woods fire his inner circle?

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Editor

Op-Ed April 9, 2010 Tiger Woods roared back to competitive golf at The Masters after taking a five-month hiatus to repair his marriage and undergo rehab for an undisclosed addiction. In true champion form, he posted his best first round … Continue reading →

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A Trillion here, a trillion there

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Editor

In an alarming anecdote supporting the notion that Americans have no concept how much the government is spending, NBC news mistakenly confused $900 Billion with $900 Trillion when describing the healthcare reform cost. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pExo_ZXtlbc (more…)

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Another mistake on the national news

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Editor

We recently pointed out a major mistake made on NBC national news. This time, ABC news made a gaffe in the form of a typo. Everyone makes mistakes. The more important observation is that the large reduction in staff that … Continue reading →

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Did Goldman Sachs have a favorable article placed in the NY Times?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Editor

March 11, 2010 The NY Times printed an article on March 10 that was favorable to Goldman Sachs. Any positive article about Goldman Sachs these days is noteworthy. The story, written by Peter Carbonara, mentioned how Goldman was helping small … Continue reading →

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Oops. That’s not a Tiger.

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Editor

In what could be the print newspaper mistake of the decade so far, on February 18th, the Wall Street Journal posted a photo of Tiger Woods jogging. However, they cropped the wrong person and posted a white person in the … Continue reading →

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