Maria Bartiromo's ratings at CNBC were declining when she left the network.
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Inside Trump's HeadSep 6, 2026
The sources show CNBC's overall audience declining before Bartiromo left in 2013, which supports the claim at the network level, but none directly measures her personal ratings at CNBC, so the claim is only indirectly supported. The claim's wording tracks the passage's 'ratings that she had at CBC' point, and the passage itself is not evidence.
What was said
… I assume her politics are, you know, business oriented politics, um, but it's really about Donald Trump, and then it was so, so, making that transition to Fox News, and she had really kind of her, her run at CNBC was, was, you know, coming to, I mean, she was no longer getting the ratings that she had at CBC, so the offer to go to Fox Business, and Fox Business was just starting up at that point, and Fox News was an attractive one, and within the Fox ecosystem, there's only one ratings king at Fox, and that's Donald Trump. So, she clearly understood that and then became close to and friendly with people in the White House, and she's not the only person at Fox News who has done that. …
The Daily Beast Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. A 2014 LA Times article reports CNBC's daytime audience in 2013 was about 30% lower than 2010 levels, according to Nielsen, and says the network 'has seen its audience decline in recent years.'[2]
Supports. Business Insider commentary quoted in 2013 coverage says 'CNBC's ratings have been low of late,' though still well above Fox Business's ratings.[3]
Context. Coverage at the time of her 2013 departure says CNBC still had roughly three times Fox Business's audience in the key 25-54 demographic, so the decline was relative to earlier levels rather than a collapse.[4]
Context. No source explicitly reports Bartiromo's own show ratings at CNBC falling, and the sources do not give the reason for her departure beyond the network's broader audience trends.[1][2]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 not rated
- 1CNBC anchor Maria Bartiromo leaving CNBC for Fox Business -sourcereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Maria Bartiromo's big day with Fox Business Network is arrivinglatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Tag: Maria Bartiromotalkingbiznews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Can Maria Bartiromo make Fox Business Network relevant?theweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
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