TheStreet.com’s Marek Fuchs writes Friday that the business media has been a little too soft on home lender Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo.
“How did CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo do Thursday? When the subject of Bank of America’s $2 billion investment came up, Maria’s first reaction was to go warm and fuzzy, to flash back decades to when Mozilo and Countrywide got their very first, bouncing baby of a loan … a $75,000 job.
“Said Bartiromo, about how things have come full circle so beautifully: ‘This on a personal level must be incredible for you, this relationship…’
“Aww. … I could have sworn I even saw Mozilo blanch just a slightly paler shade of orange with surprise.”
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