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CNBC’s Orman unfazed by criticism

Marketwatch.com media columnist Jon Friedman writes Friday that CNBC personal finance guru Suze Orman isn’t bothered by criticism levied at her for rolling out her own debit card.

Friedman writes, “For instance, personal-finance writer Kathy Kristof wrote on CBS MoneyWatch: ‘The only reason the card is worth talking about is because Suze is the queen of hype, so high-profile and vehement about her financial advice that she’s inspired a series of ‘Saturday Night Live’ spoofs.’

“Orman was blasted in blogs, tweets and columns throughout the media landscape. But she didn’t let the critics crush her spirit.

“‘This is their 15 minutes of fame,’ Orman shrugged when we spoke last week. ‘It doesn’t matter what they say.’

“‘I can look in the mirror and know I have done nothing but help people. They can criticize me all they want.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.