Reuters: Ethics questions raised about CNBC's Bartiromo

[tuvor]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The friendship between television news anchor Maria Bartiromo and former Citigroup executive Todd Thomson raises questions about ethical boundaries between reporters and their sources, experts said.

Thomson found himself out of a job recently after spending $5 million of Citigroup's money to sponsor a show hosted in part by CNBC news anchor Bartiromo, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The report said Citigroup executives were also irked by Thomson's flying Bartiromo, called "the Money Honey" by tabloid newspapers, to New York from Beijing, China in a Citigroup corporate jet.

A spokesman for financial news network CNBC said Bartiromo's plane trip had been approved by her managers, and that CNBC paid Citigroup for her flight. He declined to elaborate on further questions regarding Bartiromo and Thomson.

This is not the first time Bartiromo has been at the center of controversy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070125/us_nm/citigroup_bartiromo_dc

[Syrinx]

1. the money honey huh?

I liked "Maria Bartiromo" by Joey Romone, but I couldn't believe that the same guy who sang "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg" and "The KKK Took My Baby Away" was a stock junkie. That was sorta depressing.

[tuvor]

2. Joey was a Republican, anyway, wasn't he?

I thought most of the Ramones were Republicans.

[charlie]

3. Johnny was the Republican

Joey was his polar opposite.

[tuvor]

4. Thank you.

Never paid as much attention to their politics as to their music.

[Syrinx]

5. "Maria Bartiromo" was on a solo album by Joey

He seemed really into "capitalism" in that song anyway. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it seemed a little disconcerting, when I first heard it.

[charlie]

6. He was purportedly into day trading

at the time. Joey. Day trading. Kinda hard to imagine.

[Syrinx]

7. that's interesting

I've been thinking of giving that a try. I might try it, but with a limited 'roll. I wish Joey had written a manual. :)