The news, or the Money Honey?
Washington & Lee journalism ethics professor Ed Wasserman writes in the Miami Herald that both Maria Bartiromo and cable business news channel CNBC failed in the recent brouhaha about her taking a plane ride on the Citigroup corporate jet. Wasserman wrote, “The problem here isn’t just that a richly paid news diva is tone deaf […]
Biz media have bigger ethical issues than being cozy with sources
TheDeal.com executive editor Yvette Kantrow wants to know why the media has gotten so up in arms about CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo taking a trip on the Citigroup jet when there appear to be bigger ethical issues surrounding business journalism. Kantrow wrote, “Show us a big-deal TV journalist who hasn’t sat on or moderated a […]
Let's get to the real issue behind Mariagate
Forbes.com columnist Dennis Kneale noted Friday that the coverage of the Maria Bartiromo/Citigroup jet controversy has taken business journalists away from what they should be writing about — the problems at the New York-based bank. Kneale wrote, “And we are told, as the Journal intoned, with an upraised eyebrow, that Maria Bartiromo and Todd Thomson […]
Citigroup and CNBC's long co-branding relationship
Former Wall Street whistleblower Pam Martens has an interesting look at the Maria Bartiromo/Citigroup scandal that actually focuses on her employer’s long-standing relationship with the bank. On the Counterpunch web site, Martens provides a number of examples where CNBC and the bank have co-sponsored events. Martens wrote, “While this international co-branding effort was overt, something […]
What the Bartiromo/Citigroup scandal tells us about ourselves
David Weidner, who covers Wall Street for Marketwatch, has what I consider to be the most insightful commentary about the recent controversy surrounding CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo‘s trip on a Citigroup corporate jet. Weidner wrote, “What if I told you that the other day I spent eight hours on a plane with a high-ranking female […]
Friedman: It's all CNBC's fault
The public relations disaster for CNBC that has resulted from the disclosure that anchor Maria Bartiromo took a trip on the Citigroup jet that led to the ouster of one of its executives is the network’s fault, writes Marketwatch media columnist Jon Friedman. Friedman wrote, “Bartiromo’s image as a hard-working, responsible journalist was shattered. And […]
Analyst: How would Bartiromo interview herself about flap?
Charles Payne, the CEO of Wall Street Strategies, an independent stock research firm, spoke Monday night on Fox’s “The O’Reilly Factor” about the recent scandal involving CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo taking a trip on a Citigroup jet, which led to the firing of a bank executive. Payne points out that few people on Wall Street […]
Slate: Bartiromo coverage tries to insinuate more than what's reported
Slate media columnist Jack Shafer writes about the recent coverage of the Maria Bartiromo/Citigroup controversy and notes that the word usage and language in many of the stories implies something that the reporters can’t prove. Shafer wrote, “Delineating a friendship that includes a trans-Pacific flight alone in a corporate jet, an apparently significant sighting in […]
Bartiromo pitches Q&A talk show
CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo apparently wants her own talk show, according to a story in the New York Post on Tuesday. Reporters Janet Whitman and Roddy Boyd wrote, “Bartiromo is in talks with the network about launching her own branded TV show, following a format used by people like Charlie Rose and Bill Moyers. “The […]
Journalism professors irked with Bartiromo's actions
Bloomberg reporters Justin Baer and Michael White point out Monday morning that the actions by Maria Bartiromo to fly on a Citigroup corporate jet are making it tough on journalism professors trying to instill ethics in their students. They write, “Edward Wasserman, the Knight Professor of journalism at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, […]
