Maria Bartiromo Pens Book About Success, Fails To Credit Roger Ailes

by Colby Hall | 4:37 pm, April 21st, 2010

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CNBC financial reporter Maria Bartiromo is on a publicity tour of sorts for her new book 10 Laws of Enduring Success, doing interviews and hitting the promotional party circuit. According to promotional material, the new book is “culled from her life story and her experience as a CNBC anchor and host/managing editor of Wall Street Journal Report, for which she’s covered the rise and collapse of numerous business titans.” Industry insiders are now questioning, in a book about her own rise to prominence, why Bartiromo neglected to include the man who gave her her start in broadcasting, Roger Ailes.

In a blog post on Huffington Post, Bartiromo describes the writing process for her book thusly:

While I was writing The 10 Laws of Enduring Success, I found myself looking in the mirror. I knew I was successful by my own measures, but I wondered, what if I woke up one day and I no longer had any of the external things that others (and, I admit, even I) regarded as proof that I was doing well? Could I still look at the woman in the mirror and say, “Maria, you are a success?” I wrote this book because I felt it was a crucial question to explore. This is a motivational book and a reminder that many of the tools for success are not external but entirely within us. I hope this book helps you tap into them.

Tools for success may be “entirely within us” but it typically takes someone to recognize talent to get one’s first break. In the case of Bartiromo, that person was Roger Ailes, who hired Bartiromo when he was running CNBC (circa 1993-94), plucking the then unknown producer from CNN and giving her her first on-air job. He later put her on the floor of the NYSE and was one of the first in television to recognize the value of putting a woman in that role. Bartiomo has since become synonymous with Wall Street and has carved out a very impressive career on her own right from getting that initial start.

But insiders question why a book that outlines all the reasons for her own personal success, neglects to mention the executive responsible for hers. One source with knowledge of Bartiromo’s contract negotiations tells Mediaite “she reaches out to Roger every time her contract is about to expire and Roger plays along (though not interested in hiring her for either of his networks) just so she could jack up the price on CNBC.” And truthfully, her ratings have been down of late: April to date she’s down 34% in viewers and 57% in demo, which followed a March that saw her ratings down 36% in viewers and 53% in demo. So her “success” may be fleeting.

The expectations for Bartiromo’s book are pretty high, especially for those interested in these sorts of self-help-cum-wall-street narratives (and whose DVD of Working Girl has worn out). There is no question that Bartiromo is a big success in her own right, and she deserves a ton of credit for the unique place in broadcasting that she’s carved out for herself. However her omission of Roger Ailes from her own professional history, especially in a story about success, is a remarkable one.

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The Real Royal King

It could be she simply feared if she mentioned Ailes her editor would put a picture of him in her book.
felixw

Maria should write a book on how to build a career in financial reporting without knowing much of anything about finance. I guess that is some kind of achievement…..
Munch

Law #1.– marry a multi-millionaire.
NORBIT

Get real!

She went from the “Money Honey” to the “Bank Skank” in record time! – and deservedly so!!!

Erin crushes her in every aspect!
JamesA1102

Isn’t she the one that didn’t know you had to be 65 to get Medicare. Somehow I don’t think her brains are the reason for her success.
peteersimmons

This is a motivational book and a reminder that many of the tools for success are not external but entirely within us. I hope this book helps you tap into them.Bartiomo has since become synonymous with Wall Street and has carved out a very impressive career on her own right from getting that initial start.

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Munch

JamesA1102 says:
April 22, 2010 at 12:27 am

Isn’t she the one that didn’t know you had to be 65 to get Medicare. Somehow I don’t think her brains are the reason for her success..”

Nice liberal smear, James.

What she said to Weiner on Sept. 1 , 2009, who was fulminating about how great Medicare was, was if it’s so great and Congress can have any medical plan it wants , why doesn’t Congress just use that plan for its medical plan.

Weiner, a dense liberal, said, “I’m not 65.” LMAO

Congress can change any legislation it passed whenever they want. And what did Weiner propose just 3 months later???

Weiner: Medicare Expansion Could Get Us to Single-Payer

By Philip Klein on 12.9.09 @ 3:55PM

Rep. Anthony Weiner, an advocate of a government-run, or single-payer health care system, is a fan of the proposal to expand Medicare to those over age 55.

“Extending this successful program to those between 55 and 64, a plan I proposed in July, would be the largest expansion of Medicare in 44 years and would perhaps get us on the path to a single payer model,” Weiner told the New York Daily News. ”

But Anthony, according to James, 55 isn’t 65 so that could never happen!!!
StewartIII

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JamesA1102

Nice liberal smear, James.

So telling the truth is now a smear?
JamesA1102

What she said to Weiner on Sept. 1 , 2009, who was fulminating about how great Medicare was, was if it’s so great and Congress can have any medical plan it wants , why doesn’t Congress just use that plan for its medical plan.

But that is not what she said. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfv_KeKRsBo
Munch

JamesA1102 says:- when S&G sand “I am a rock”, they were singing about you.

As I said, James–”But Anthony, according to James, 55 isn’t 65 so that could never happen!!!

They could change Medicare to cover whomever and whatever they wanted, but you are as benighted as Weiner was until he had the epiphany that lead his pea sized brain realized, “Damn, it’s only legislation! We can change it!.”

Do ya get it now , James- that’s what she was referring to- “why don’t you have it?” They could change eligibility requirements at any time.

You prove however, that you can’t fix stupid.
Munch

BTW, James, some have advocated lowering the legal age to drink to 18. I’m sure you and your liberal friends would find that a real laugher!Everyone knows you have to be 21 to drink.

But why are you not laughing when gays want to change legislation to allow gay marriage??

I mean everyone knows couples must be a man and women to get married, right?
JamesA1102

They could change Medicare to cover whomever and whatever they wanted, but you are as benighted as Weiner

Wow! You are the master of trying to link two unrelated things and not letting the facts get in the way. Wiener has long been an advocate of a extending Medicare to all. In fact that is what he was argueing in favor of in that exchange with Bartiromo. She wasn’t asking him why doesn’t he change the law, she was asking him why he’s not on Medicare now forgetting that as the law stands right now a person needs to be 65 to be eligible for it.

Like you said, you can’t fix stupid.
Munch

She wasn’t asking him why doesn’t he change the law, she was asking him why he’s not on Medicare now forgetting that as the law stands right now a person needs to be 65 to be eligible for it. ”

Bawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

You are the dumbest person ever.
Munch

This happened in September . Weiner did not float this idea until DECEMBER !

Why, because he was as dumb as you!
JamesA1102

You are the dumbest person ever.

So you can’t disprove what I say so you resort to insults. Typical.

This happened in September . Weiner did not float this idea until DECEMBER !

No, Wiener as been advocating that for years.
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She seems intelligent enough to me but she is also very HOT!!!!!!