What exactly is the point of CNBC?
To get eyeballs and sell ad time on their airwaves.
In general: the quicker the media content was produced, the lower value it is likely to add to your life.
A well-done book that is a product of years of research or decades of experience can be tremendously valuable.
A yearly letter or commentary from someone in the financial markets (who publishes infrequently but offers insightful commentary when they do - think Warren Buffett) might be both timely and interesting.
Articles written for magazines or scholarly / trade journals - esp if published less frequently - can sometimes be well done and informative.
Daily newspapers are typically trying to report on what has just recently happened, and deadlines are looming. Frequently, they do the best they can, but 24 hours notice means that all events (big or small) need to be written about to fill column inches. Small events often get much more space than they deserve, and large, landmark events (i.e. the birth of the internet) can go unnoticed because they occur without fanfare.
Television content is produced (in most cases)
the same day that events are happening. There has been no thoughtful analysis, no boring data gathering, no quiet reflection on long-term trends. It's simply looking at what's happening that day and then - in real time - trying to comment on it.
Turn off CNBC.
