DRUDGE: CNBC MONEY HONEY BARTIROMO UNDER FIRE FOR STOCK HOLDINGS...

Drudge Report ^ | 07/27/03 | Matt Drudge

[Pokey78]

DEVELOPING...

[Xenalyte]

Just reporting what I was told by a guy who used to be a CNBC cameraman.

[flamefront]

Is this over her self-announced 1000 shs of CitiGroup during the Weill interview?

[Timesink]

Im all fairness, she's quite an attractive woman - but she was dubbed "The Money Honey" by a bunch of balding, fat, middle-aged Wall Streeters.

It should be noted that the ORIGINAL "Money Honey," back in the mid-80s, was none other than CNBC's own Consuelo Mack, who is the very definition of "hasn't aged well."

If I were a financial news anchor, I wouldn't want the title. It's cursed.

[NeoCaveman]

She's too pretty to be guilty. That is my learned opinion.

I agree!

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[Keith in Iowa]

>>Her CNBC colleague Liz Claman is the real money honey

The real money-honeys are on FoxNews, Saturday mornings. Dagen McDowell...an inspiration. What she isnpires, I can't say. :)

[OldFriend]

This story has been bubbling out there for many months.

[Timesink]

Her CNBC colleague Liz Claman is the real money honey

Liz Claman is the hottest anchor on TV, PERIOD. Mee-YOW.

[billhilly]

A sad puppy. She needs some petting. Not by me, of course.

[arasina]

Okay, men. What is it about her that you would let her get away with anything illegal? Is it the eyes? ;0p

[Hue68]

She's merely a fantasy trophy wife, who's able to discuss trade deficits and capital gains tax cuts while fooling around - their perfect woman.

"They" have low standards...If I wanted a trophy wife, I would select a blond, 12 years younger than myself, with a beautiful face and a perfect, turned-up nose. Maria is far too average looking for me.

[OldFriend]

Maria started out looking really good but lately she looks as tho she needs a bath and fresh change of outfits.

I wonder if 9/11 rocked her to the core..........she was on the air covered in ash from the Towers........

[arasina]

Here's a television fantasy who I'd let give me bad advice about stocks as long as he did it in person.

[Timesink]

I wonder if 9/11 rocked her to the core..........she was on the air covered in ash from the Towers........

I think what rocked her to the core was the collapse of her rich hubby's financial magazine empire, if you can call the barely-noticed Institutional Investor an "empire."

Of course, even that was all his Daddy's money, IIRC...

[AndyJackson]

You are probably right. Most people's faces look round and blobby on television. It takes a really angular face to come out ok. Looks great on TV, but in real life you could do yourslef a serious injury on the jagged edges.

[StriperSniper]

She isn't nearly as hot as she's alleged to be.

Nope. She's decent in person, but photographs very well. When in a crowd on Wall St. she is not the first or even the second to catch your eye. The only reason I noticed her is that she is the one with the camera following her.

[StriperSniper]

Liz Claman

Best smile by far! A pleasure to see first thing in the morning.

(On the tube only) : (

[cajungirl]

Maria is adorable and smart but she picked a bad husband in my opinion. My husband adores her.

[StriperSniper]

Like I said, she's O.K. I guess it may have been at the time she came on the scene, I worked with a bunch of Italian princesses from Brooklyn, and the last thing I needed was to see or hear from another one. I'm not sure she is either one, but she sure fit the mold. ;-)

[Bilbo Baggins]

You have that pegged 100%. I was wondering exactly what you were talking about until I scrolled right to see the rest of the picture.