Fox News star Maria Bartiromo is out at the network
NPR • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Maria Bartiromo, a longtime Fox News anchor, has departed from the network after 12 and a half years, with Fox announcing a rebranding of her shows and a rotating cast of hosts to replace her.
- Bartiromo joined Fox in 2014 following her success at CNBC and was known for hosting "Mornings with Maria" and other programs bearing her name on Fox Business and Fox News Channel.
- She was a vocal supporter of President Trump and played a role in promoting unfounded election fraud conspiracy theories after the 2020 presidential election, which featured prominently in a $787 million defamation settlement Fox paid to Dominion Voting Systems.
- Bartiromo is also implicated in a second multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit by a voting software company against Fox News, and she was the only individual defendant still employed at the network until her departure.
- Fox News has not provided additional details about the circumstances of Bartiromo's exit, and the story is ongoing.
