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Fox Trade Network anchor Liz Claman opened her 3 p.m. show Thursday afternoon railing in opposition to Twitter for snubbing her network’s requests for an interview on the day of the social networking website’s initial public offering. Claman also slammed “any other trade community” for, she believes, dictating how Twitter handles its press family members.
“We need to let you guys understand something that we discovered hectic,” Claman opened the express. “Twitter refused to give us a Fox Business interview as of late. Have been they afraid that we have been the only business network that might ask tough questions? I mean, I don’t comprehend, proper?”
She lamented how the snubbing got here even though “we have been the first business community to ever put [Twitter] on-the-air back in 2008.”
“Our producer was once escorted away from [Twitter],” Claman alleged before scolding the corporate: “So of their younger lifestyles as a publicly-traded company, always claiming they believe independently, did twitter permit any other business network to inform them how and the place they can get their shareholders’ message out?”
She was obviously regarding rival community CNBC, who had past aired an “exclusive” interview with Twitter CEO Dick Costolo in gentle of nowadays’s IPO.
When reporter Nicole Petallides joined the dialogue, Claman continued to rail towards Twitter, adding: “Completely gorgeous how we were treated and, frankly, not a excellent sign that this firm is not prepared for the large leagues.”
Petallides herself joined in on the Twitter-bashing:
The very first thing that they will have to have done was everyday a pleasant interview offer from Fox Trade. I mean, I feel that we’re a leading industry community. I think that we cover stories slightly, fast, [in a] very balanced manner. And there was no cause of them to say no to us. If they chose to do another community — whether they wanted to try this — that’s their choice. But why snub Fox Business? There’s no reason for it. I feel we’d have done a fantastic job, it would had been a really perfect interview.
“Twitter #Afraid of FBN?” was the chyron that ran during the section.
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