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To: lorrie coey who wrote (5218)	1/31/2000 9:34:00 AM
From: clochard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

I thought she was a stock whore.

To: lorrie coey who wrote (5218)	1/31/2000 3:36:00 PM
From: Gary M. Reed	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42523

"a pioneer in a male dominated environment"??? No, that would be Sue Herrera and Karen Gibbs. They were on the scene before Maria could even spell "Dow Jones." Maria is hardly a pioneer. I'll give her credit in that she's made the most of her 15 minutes of fame. But once this rah-rah market comes back to normalcy, the jokers will stop tuning in and as a result, none of the core financial viewers will want to see Maria. She'll be lucky to get a gig on the E! Network. My "nit-pick" with Maria, and CNBC in general, is that in their quest to bring the investment business to the common man, they have bastardized the whole industry, by reducing it to the least common denominator-sex. "Make it sexy" the producers say. That's how pros like Ron Insana get pushed aside for young "hussies" like Maria. In a way, CNBC is just like the go-go companies...sacrificing their long term goals in the name of making a quarterly number. Sure the viewership numbers look great now, and who cares if the core viewership is turning to Bloomberg News and CNNfn because the B.S. on CNBC is getting too deep to wade through...but how many of the Joe Sixpacks will be tuned in when their 401k's stop returning 20% per year? How long will the 38-year olds living in their parents' basement, with 75 shares of DELL and 25 shares of AOL stay tuned in to coo over Maria when their "me-too" stocks firm up to reality-based prices? Yeah, Maria has made herself into a hot commodity of sorts today. For that, I salute her and her agent...she is definately a manufactured product (honestly, if you saw her walking on the street, would ANYONE drool over her like the chumps who call into Buy-Sell-Hold...I think not) who has made the most of her 15 minutes. However, Elaine Garzarelli made the most of her 15 minutes in the 1980's...doing pantyhose ads and such...look where she is now...nothing more than the butt of jokes. Trust me, in 3 years the words "Maria Bartiromo" will be the punch line of several Wall Street jokes. We'll see how much respect you have for her then. For me, respect is based on "staying power," not on how high one can ride on his/her first orbit. Based on your analyses of Maria B., "New Kids on the Block" would be--as of today--the hottest selling musical act in the country, bigger than Elvis or the Beatles. Like every other fad, Maria's time will come and fade. And five years from now, we'll tune into Home Shopping Network on a sleepless night at 2:00 a.m. and see her hawking some cheap costume jewelry, and we'll say to ourselves, "I remember when she used to report from the floor of the NYSE." Meanwhile, the women who refused to sell themselves out (unlike Maria) will still be reporting from Wall Street, with their integrity intact. Bet on it Lorrie.