Why I Always Tell the Truth, Even When It's Not Politically Correct

Why I Always Tell the Truth, Even When It's Not Politically Correct. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Watchdog on Wall Street podcast explaining the news coming
out of the complex worlds of finance, economics, and politics
and the impact that we'll have on everyday Americans. Author,
investment banker, consumer advocate, analyst, and trader Chris Markowski.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
I used to listen to you, but I used to
watch you. But yeah, I've gotten that over the years.
Oftentimes you may upset somebody with an opinion that they
don't like. Sometimes it's not even opinions. What I find
fascinating is people will get upset with facts. They'll get
upset with facts. They don't want to hear facts anymore

(00:38):
unless they're, you know, the facts align with their way
of thinking. And then inevitably you get some sort of
email there saying I'm not going to listen to you anymore.
I'm gonna be honest, not getting many of those. Quite frankly,
people are, I guess, somewhat understanding my point of view. However,

(00:59):
what I am I'm getting quite often right now is
emails from listeners where they're saying, hey, listen, you know,
it's really close to an election, and I really want
Donald Trump to win, and we really think that if
now is not the best time, you probably should tone
down any criticism you have of Trump. Trump's the better choice,

(01:25):
so you shouldn't criticize them at this point in time.
It's going to hurt his chances. And I get this
often from people out there and listen. I appreciate the
point that you're making. However, how credible would I be
in what I've done? I've had this show for twenty

(01:47):
five years, radio show for twenty five years, been doing
this podcast obviously not as long, but you know, in essence,
had a platform for twenty five years. If I I
started censoring myself because of an election, or I said,
you know what, I'm not going to cover something. I'm

(02:08):
not going to cover an economic point from a certain
candidate that I may be voting for, that I may
be voting for that I think is patently absurd. Would
that would that be serving my listener as well? Again,
my job, my job is to put my client's interests

(02:29):
above my own. With that also as well, I take
that that same approach when it comes to my listeners.
How credible would I be? How credible would I be
if I started to censor myself? I am I'm not
a you know, I'm not I'm not a paid Fox pundit.

(02:52):
I'm not a paid contributor on any of these these
programs here. I am fiercely independent and I will always
be that way, notwithstanding, notwithstanding offers that I've had in
the past that I have refused to take up that
could have been quite profitable. Quite frankly, if I were

(03:13):
to take on one of those roles, that's not that's
not that's not who I am. And I listen, I'm
not the only one that deals with it. Got people
that I have a great deal of respect for. Mike
row Micro Micro from Dirty Jobs deals with the same
exact thing. Cat Timp from Fox, and she is a

(03:33):
paid contributor. But you know, they let her basically do
and say whatever she wants her. She put out a
book on this, and she made the point is that
she'll be a She'll be a parties or gatherings in
New York and people might not who know who she is.
She said she'd be better off telling people that she
was a porn star than actually working for Fox News,

(03:56):
because once you say that, forget it, forget it, you're
a Manhattan No one wants to hear what you have
to say. Don't don't be that person. Wise man once said, uh,
I said, A wise man learns from a fool, but
a fool learns from no one. I'm sorry. I'm sorry

(04:21):
if again I may have said some of you out.
I know you. You want Trump to win, and you
think that this is the most important election ever. Is
that what you really be honest? Is that would you
really expect me or want out of me? If I
see an absolutely ridiculous policy coming from a candidate, I

(04:41):
am not supposed to criticize it. I'm supposed to let
it go. Again, you wouldn't respect me if I did that.
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