Topic: CNN’s Morgan Spurlock ‘Survives on Bitcoin’ for a Week - page 2. (Read 4288 times)
I'm pretty sure this was one Morgan show exchanged for another in hopes of rebuilding some viewership to CNN (look up the last morgan pierce). This guy (Morgan Spurlock) did a pretty good job and I'm sure CNN took notice of their extra viewers on board tonight. However, during the segment it was shown during the transactions that the BTC price was ~$634ish during the programming element so anyone that checks the price out now is gonna LOL, that was a prob. Andreas got about a minute of face time to work his magic, unfortunately, but was quite good as normal. It was Mt. Gox heavy and ended w/ Sen Manchin's bs about Bitcoin and the unregulated environment surrounding it suggesting that the average person could be wiped out but was open to regulation to keep things legit. However, I've never seen an hour program on network news (albeit a lower viewed show) showcasing Bitcoin for this long.
Not bad, thought it was a good, watered down version of what Bitcoin's all about, for the common viewer to understand.
Without going in depth into spoiler territory for those that didn't see it, wish he'd have shown Andreas much longer than the screen time he got.
Overall, a very positive overall impression, and Morgan did a real good job. Not quite as in depth as "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin" was, but for an hour on network television on CNN of all networks, I thought Bitcoin was portrayed pretty fairly.
Without going in depth into spoiler territory for those that didn't see it, wish he'd have shown Andreas much longer than the screen time he got.
Overall, a very positive overall impression, and Morgan did a real good job. Not quite as in depth as "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin" was, but for an hour on network television on CNN of all networks, I thought Bitcoin was portrayed pretty fairly.
anyone got a link for this? do you guys have on demand is the usa?
This show was great for newcomers. I'll watch it again with my family tomorrow. 
yeah can someone upload a recording. i missed it 
It wasn't bad. As someone who isn't new to Bitcoin I was looking for more of an in depth show on truly living for a week on Bitcoin, but considering it's a one hour program on a news network, I'm not really surprised to see the interviews and "bitcoins for dummys" type tutorial segments.
Any one record an upload that? send link
I enjoyed it.
Here we GOOOOOOO!
BTC to the moon!
BTC to the moon!
Where do you trade now Bob?
LOL.. wrong thread but for now I'm just messing around on OKcoin with a few btc and that's about all.
So pretty much I'm mostly in a HODL pattern thanks to Cavirtex and their unscheduled closure. I'm really hoping that the guys at CanadianBitcoins step up and start a real peer to peer exchange. They already have a fixed rate exchange that I've used many times so the trust is there. I know others have used them as well and are also hoping they step up. TBH... those guys are the only trustworthey guys in the game in Canada. The guys at quadriga from what I hear come from a hacking background... There's no way I'm gonna trust them...
Where are you trading?
I don't trade at all since the news. Change bothers me. I'll buy at fixed rate if it really dumps I guess
Excellent show so far!!
Any place online to watch?
Here - http://www.playlivenew.com/2010/08/watch-cnn-news-live/
Excellent show so far!!
Any place online to watch?
Here we GOOOOOOO!
BTC to the moon!
BTC to the moon!
Where do you trade now Bob?
LOL.. wrong thread but for now I'm just messing around on OKcoin with a few btc and that's about all.
So pretty much I'm mostly in a HODL pattern thanks to Cavirtex and their unscheduled closure. I'm really hoping that the guys at CanadianBitcoins step up and start a real peer to peer exchange. They already have a fixed rate exchange that I've used many times so the trust is there. I know others have used them as well and are also hoping they step up. TBH... those guys are the only trustworthey guys in the game in Canada. The guys at quadriga from what I hear come from a hacking background... There's no way I'm gonna trust them...
Where are you trading?
Excellent show so far!!
Here we GOOOOOOO!
BTC to the moon!
BTC to the moon!
Where do you trade now Bob?
Here we GOOOOOOO!
BTC to the moon!
BTC to the moon!
I'm popping the popcorn now. I'd love to see how Morgan Spurlock portrays anything Bitcoin, as CNN is (unfortunately) the way a number of people get their information.
news hype as usual without content being ready
Yeah, I wanted to see a link to the full episode
Should be available online shortly after tonight's 9pm ET premier showing.
http://www.cnn.com/shows/inside-man?sr=cnn_inside_man
Tonight is not the premier, the new season has been on for a couple of weeks now.
Tonight is the premier for the Bitcoin episode.
news hype as usual without content being ready
Yeah, I wanted to see a link to the full episode
Should be available online shortly after tonight's 9pm ET premier showing.
http://www.cnn.com/shows/inside-man?sr=cnn_inside_man
Tonight is not the premier, the new season has been on for a couple of weeks now.
news hype as usual without content being ready
The content's been ready long enough for CNN to write an article about which is where Coindesk got their information from. Why do you think this is just news hype?
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