• CNBC's Fast Money
    Bitcoin,  Media

    CNBC show smacks down jilted bitcoin bear

    Technical analyst Peter Brandt claims he was booted from Fast Money but the show is fighting back hard.

    While we’re on a roll when it comes to Twitter-based media feuds, here’s another one, this time involving CNBC and technical analyst Peter Brandt. And it’s kinda weird. On Saturday, Brandt took to Twitter to tell this tale: True story about @CNBCFastMoney I was scheduled to appear on Dec 14. I was planning to say $BTC was topping & time to bail out. I was bumped for some “expert” that predicted $50,000. That is my @CNBC story. — Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt) February 18, 2018 Except, contrary to Brandt’s preface of “true story,” it didn’t happen. And Fast Money wasn’t having any of it. On Tuesday, they shot back this tweet,…