Market Selloff: How CNBC Covered Plunge

“A global selloff, a global selloff,” Maria Bartiromo announced at the top of Closing Bell at 3pm.

“There’s a gap lower — literally 180 points just added to the declines of the Dow Jones Industrial Average,” Dylan Ratigan said from the floor of the NYSE.

Here’s how the sudden drop was covered on CNBC between 2:59 and 3:04pm:

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