When Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman — who has been in the news a lot lately due to his pay and his firm’s IPO — was introduced at a fundraising dinner Monday night at the New York Public Library, CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo did the honor, according to Wall Street Journal reporter Dennis Berman, writing on the paper’s Deal Journal blog.Â
Berman wrote, “A touch of boardroom-speak crept into his speech when he declared CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo’s introduction of him as being ‘on point.’
“For her part, Bartiromo said she was introducing Schwarzman ‘not as a journalist’ but as a friend. She called Schwarzman ‘truly a wealth creator’; a ‘winner’; someone who ‘loves the camera, likes the attention, and it loves him.’
“‘Steve,’ Bartiromo said, ‘you’re a pioneer. There’s no other way to look at it. It’s all good.’”
Read more here. Excuse me, but if Bartiromo wasn’t a journalist, would she even be there? You can’t turn when you’re a journalist and when you’re not off and on like a light switch.
Dennis has another great post today on Ron Insana’s hedge fund.
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2007/06/20/access-wall-street-starring-ron-insanas-hedge-fund/
Maria MoneyHoney needs to make up her mind whether she still wants to be a serious biz journo or something else entirely. Given all the press she’s getting lately, she might want to make it soon.
@ DoubleC -
Chilax – she is just playing for the ladder by trying to show off- she has friends amongst “who is who”.
It seemed to me that the Dinner presented her an opportunity and she just grabbed it. I am sure -most in her position would have done it.
What do you have against stunningly hot biz reporter who is fast and loose — with her ethics?
[...] For some background, remember that Bartiromo introduced Schwarzman at fundraiser at the New York Public Library on Monday night, and she said then that she was introducing him “not as a journalist” but as a friend and then had laudatory things to say about him. [...]