Bartiromo believed she was interviewing Dennis Organ, the president and CEO of Smithfield Foods , the self-proclaimed world's largest pork producer. "Fox Business aired a segment that was a complete hoax," said Keira Lombardo, Smithfield Foods' chief administrative officer, in a statement. A wacky pretend interviewMaria Bartiromo interviewed someone posing as Smithfield Foods CEO Dennis Organ. Bartiromo asked her guest about a Covid-19 outbreak in a Smithfield Foods South Dakota plant and the company's plans for vaccine distribution. "We want to apologize to Dennis Organ, Smithfield Foods and our audience for making this mistake," she said.

Source: CNN December 23, 2020 23:59 UTC