Fox Business channel's Maria Bartiromo duped by imposter, 'Smithfield Foods CEO' (Page 1/1)
rinselberg DEC 23, 04:47 PM
When I think of "Smithfield" I think of ham, but it was egg all over the face of Fox Business channel's Mario Bartiromo and the staff who produced this morning's edition of "Mornings With Maria."

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Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo issued an apology at the end of her Wednesday morning show after she was duped into interviewing an animal rights activist posing as the CEO of a major food processing company.

"We have an important correction to make. It appears we have been punked," the "Mornings With Maria" host said, following an interview with Matt Johnson, an activist with the grassroots network Direct Action Everywhere.

The journalist thought she had been interviewing Smithfield Foods' CEO Dennis Organ. . . .


Minyvonne Burke for NBC News; December 23, 2020.
https://www.nbcnews.com/new...-smithfield-n1252278

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Notorio DEC 23, 11:05 PM
I give her credit for apologizing and correcting the story. But a meat processor named Mr. Organ? Sophomoric, I know, but it reminds me of our local dentist Dr. Pain ...
Hudini DEC 23, 11:26 PM
Or when one of the pilots of the Korean airline that crashed at San Francisco were named as

Sum Ting Wong
RWDPLZ DEC 23, 11:57 PM

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Originally posted by Hudini:

Or when one of the pilots of the Korean airline that crashed at San Francisco were named as

Sum Ting Wong





I distinctly remember this event because I was flying into SFO two days later. We landed on the runway parallel to where the burned out hulk of the plane still sat, quietest landing in a plane I've ever experienced.
sourmash DEC 24, 09:33 AM
Isn't the producer responsible for what Maria apologized? They all belong to the same group of social engineers who have steered America to where we are heading.
maryjane DEC 24, 11:32 AM
I thought Wan Long was CEO of Smithfield. (or is it long Wan..or Long Pig?)