Bartiromo celebrates 30 years of TV business news coverage
Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo celebrated 30 years of television business news coverage on Wednesday. She was the first person to report live from the New York Stock Exchange floor. She worked at CNBC for 20 years before joining Fox Business in 2014. “When I first got there a lot of people did not want me […]
What’s Bartiromo’s future at Fox?
Corbin Bolies of The Daily Beast writes about Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo and her future at the company given her involvement in questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election. Bolies writes, “Bartiromo in particular has emerged as a central figure in Fox’s ongoing woes. She was a key on-air booster of former President Donald Trump’s 2020 […]
Why Bartiromo of Fox Business is the center of the defamation suit
Stephen Battaglio of the Los Angeles Times writes about how Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo finds herself at the center of the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting. Battafglio writes, “In released court documents and deposition testimony connected to the case, Bartiromo is cited throughout for allowing former President Trump’s false claims about 2020 election fraud to air […]
Fox’s Bartiromo accused of calling attorney general about election
Former attorney general Bill Barr says Fox Business Network host Maria Bartiromo called him up “screaming” about imaginary voter fraud, according to a new book “Betrayal” by ABC’s chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl, reports Brian Stelter of CNN Business. Stelter writes, “Karl said he reached out to Bartiromo for a response, because, ‘after all, it’s highly inappropriate […]
Bartiromo to host “Fox News Primetime” next week
Maria Bartiromo will return to the anchor chair during “Fox News Primetime” on Monday as the network continues its search for a permanent host, reports Lindsey Ellefson of The Wrap. Ellefson writes, “Bartiromo will become the first woman to guest host the 7 p.m. show twice since it launched. The network has rotated a cast of star […]
Bartiromo’s gamble on Trump is key to her future career
Business Insider’s Claire Atkinson examines how Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo has tethered her career to former President Donald Trump and what that might mean to her future. Atkinson reports, “Some insiders say that going full Trump could win Bartiromo a spot on Fox’s evening schedule. “‘Of the people who have auditioned for the spot, she clearly would […]
Dobbs, Bartiromo file motion to dismiss voting system lawsuit
Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, Judge Jeanine Pirro and former host Lou Dobbs filed separate motions to dismiss electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic’s lawsuit against Fox Corp., reports a Reuters story. A Reuters story, “The lawsuit had claimed that the media group accused it of helping rig the U.S. presidential election in favor of Joe […]
Bartiromo complains about losing Twitter followers
Fox Business Network anchor Maria Bartiromo complained on the air Wednesday about losing Twitter followers, reports Justin Baragona of The Daily Beast. Baragona reports, “Interviewing Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)—who recently wrote a front-page op-ed in the nation’s fourth-largest paper claiming he’s been ‘muzzled’—Bartiromo agreed with the conservative lawmaker that they need to tell social media companies they won’t “bow […]
Bartiromo is having trouble booking executives
Maria Bartiromo of Fox Business is getting rebuffed by some in corporate America as she prepares for an upcoming stint as a Fox News opinion anchor, according to seven people who work in major financial institutions and financial-communications executives, reports Claire Atkinson and Sean Czarnicki of Business Insider. Atkinson and Czarnicki report, “Bartiromo, who anchors ‘Mornings with Maria,’ […]
Fox to wary advertisers: Bartiromo is “hard-hitting journalism”
Fox News has tried to assured worried advertisers about blowback that its talent such as business-oriented anchor Maria Bartiromo, reports Justin Baragona, Maxwell Tani and Andrew Kirell of The Wrap. Baragona, Tani and Kirell write, “The network selling Bartiromo as a face of its journalism is especially eyebrow-raising considering the famed financial reporter’s years-long descent into full-on Trump […]
