Erin Burnett

“On our first show together,” Erin recalled to MarketWatch, “he had an incredibly generous moment. He made it clear he accepted me from the get-go. He treated me as an equal. He made me feel important.”

But Erin said she wants CNBC viewers to know that Mark was really a loving family man and liked some of the very same things his children liked.

“He really believed it was his job to find out the truth,” she said. “Mark has stories going back to his investigative days. He was really proud of being an old-school reporter.”

Mark and Erin were great together. They were among the few in the news business I probably could enjoy having a beer with. RIP Mark.

Mark Haines was a great, no-nonsense anchor for the business channel, CNBC. HIs side-kick, Erin Burnett, kept things a bit on the humorous and light side. She was the constant traveler; he, the steady eddy in the anchor’s chair. Together, they worked well for traders and investors who tuned in daily.