Richard Johnson of The New York Post writes that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is upset with CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo about her wearing a fur coat and gushing about its fox fur.
“PETA spokesman Michael McGraw fumed to Page Six: ‘There’s nothing glamorous about animal electrocution, which is one of the most common methods used to kill foxes for their pelts. She looks morally bankrupt in that fur. All that time around the closing bell must be turning her into a real ding-a-ling.’ Strangely, Bartiromo’s flack insisted that despite the More article, the newswoman doesn’t approve of fur, doesn’t own any and that wearing the coat for the shoot was a ‘mistake.'”
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