MarketWatch
CNBC is putting the interests of its biggest star,
Maria Bartiromo, over those of its viewers by failing to cover the Bartiromo-Citigroup brouhaha, says
Jon Friedman. "Apparently, CNBC's damage-control strategy is to hope that this unwanted intrusion will play itself out and simply go away," he writes. "CNBC bills itself as The Worldwide Leader in Business News. Bartiromo is a legitimate TV star. Those two factors alone make the story worthwhile and compel CNBC to report on it."
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Is she more of a celebrity journalist than a Wall Street workhorse? (WP)
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Some say Bartiromo is too close to the people and firms she covers (NYT)
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Bartiromo has done 11 substantial pieces on Citigroup since 2004 (WSJ)
