Maria Bartiromo Is An _____ To Business Journalism

Posted by John Carney, Feb 21, 2007, 10:29am

mariabartiromo.jpegIs all not well in the house of CNBC? We've mentioned again and again the love that CNBC executives, and their bosses at GE, have for Maria Bartiromo. But is their love unrequited? San Antonio Express-News business columnist David Hendricks writes that Maria didn't even so much as mention the network at a recent speech in San Antonio.

Curiously, it was difficult to know from her speech Tuesday who employs Bartiromo: I don't remember her mentioning CNBC even once. She was busy instead dropping the names of the people she has interviewed, from President Bush to Bill and Melinda Gates and the heads of high-powered private equity firms.

So is Maria giving CNBC the cold-shoulder?

Actually, that excerpt is probably unfair to Maria and Hendrick's column, which makes it abundantly clear that she's "an asset to business journalism" who understands the financial world better than many "award winning" business journalists, including "how private-equity acquisitions of public companies boost the value of U.S. corporations." He just wishes she'd cut-out the "corporate promotional appearances"—which is the most polite way of describing all that time she spent with Citigroup executives we've seen in weeks.

Bartiromo avoids the difficult questions in San Antonio [San Antonio Express-News via Talking Biz News]

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Posted by Zbignew, Feb 21, 2007 11:38AM

Ms B is too big a brand name for CNBC to contain. It's like trying to keep Rachael Ray coralled on the Food Network.

Next up, Maria will have her own cable channel.

Posted by Texas Energy, Feb 21, 2007 3:04PM

She will be working for Rupert M. Just watch.

Posted by Atl_Boy, Feb 22, 2007 3:25PM

What is the **** is the big deal with that b***h, you guys? This is a classic case of perception becoming reality. Just because she's on TV, is she *smart*? By that standard, Liz Claman should be one of the sharpest minds on the street, just because she grabbed a close-up0 interview with Warren Buffett.

You guys in NY all have this herd mentality -- if the NY Times says you got to crap thrice a day, all of you will do so, just because the Times said so! It seems to us from the outside that there are some people who are the "drivers" of trends -- NYT in journalism, name-your-pick in fashion, etc. Everyone else just copies whatever the "driver" says or does.

Maria B, whore extraordinnaire, is becoming such a "driver" for biz journalists, there, it seems. No wonder all the glitterati and chatterati have made her much bigger than what she is -- a high class hooker.

Posted by Rhoda, Feb 26, 2007 9:23PM

Is it Atl Boy or Ati Boy?.....whatever amen Boy....you called it right....the boys on Wall Street have made her think she is highclass....the foolin' around part she must have started in high school. Rah Rah....Atl Boy.

Posted by Lazar, Feb 26, 2007 9:32PM

Hey Texas Energy.....Rupert has a little more class than that.

Posted by Rex, Feb 26, 2007 10:12PM

You'd all do well to click the link to San Antonio Express article indicated with the Bartiromo 2/23 update. She must have been under the influence.

Posted by Rex, Feb 26, 2007 10:13PM

You'd all do well to click the link to San Antonio Express article indicated with the Bartiromo 2/23 update. She must have been under the influence.

Posted by Peggy, Feb 27, 2007 8:20AM

Hi It's Feb 27.....anyone know the name of the alledged new stud in Maria Bartiromos' life?????

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