An earlier version of this article included reports suggesting that Maria Bartiromo may have been fired. After publication, we received a statement from Bryan Freedman, Bartiromo’s attorney, addressing those reports. Freedman told us that Bartiromo had not been fired.
The earlier version should have made the status of those reports clearer. By including them, we may have given readers the impression that there was confirmation of a change in Bartiromo’s employment. At the time, the claim was unconfirmed. We have updated the article to include Freedman’s direct response and clarify what our earlier coverage said.
We are placing this note at the top of the article so readers who saw or shared the earlier version can easily find the update. The note also records why the article changed after publication. Freedman’s statement came in response to the specific suggestion that Bartiromo had been dismissed, and he said that suggestion was false.