Maria Bartiromo, a Fox Business host who had been with the network for 12.5 years, was abruptly fired on September 3 after allegedly betraying the network by leaking texts to the White House about an internal policy opposing the president. The Fox News host, who had hosted Mornings with Maria Bartiromo and Sunday Morning Futures, and was a staunch ally of Donald Trump, was abruptly fired from the network shortly after airing the final episode of her daily morning show on Fox Business. Did you ever watch Maria Bartiromo's Fox Business shows?

According to Status, she had leaked texts to the White House about a directive from higher-ups not to promote Trump's election conspiracies on the air. The publication reports that the incident occurred in July following Trump's primetime address to the country, where he claimed China had interfered in the 2020 presidential election. Fox News had allegedly issued written instructions to senior employees to steer coverage of Trump's address away from the false claims, which the network largely followed, despite the White House's surprise. After Bartiromo was pressed about the lack of coverage, she allegedly revealed that her bosses had ordered the claims not to be covered. Do you think her actions justified her dismissal?

This was a violation of her employment agreement because she disclosed the network's confidential information. It was not immediately clear whether Bartiromo was approached by a White House official or Trump himself. She marks the second high-profile sudden firing from Fox News in recent years, after Tucker Carlson was suddenly let go in 2023, after internal texts during the Dominion lawsuit against the network showed him using vulgar language to mock executives and colleagues, as well as one where he expressed violent and racist sentiments. Do you think Maria Bartiromo will find a new job in the Trump administration?