Erin Burnett

{{short description|American news anchor|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{for|the daughter of Carol Burnett|Erin Hamilton}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Infobox person
|name           = Erin Burnett
|image          = Erin Burnett interviewing Leon Panetta in Afghanistan Dec 13, 2012 crop (cropped).jpg
|imagesize      = 
|caption        = Burnett in 2012
|alt            = Burnett (2012)
|birthname      = Erin Isabelle Burnett
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|2}}
|birth_place    = {{nowrap|[[Mardela Springs, Maryland]], U.S.}}
|occupation     = [[News anchor]], [[journalist]]
|alma_mater     = [[Williams College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|years_active   = 2003–present
|net worth      = 
|spouse         = {{marriage|David Rubulotta|2012}}
|children       = 3
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'''Erin Isabelle Burnett'''<ref name="yearbook"/> (born July 2, 1976) is an American [[news anchor]], currently the anchor of ''[[Erin Burnett OutFront]]'' on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite news |title=CNN TV – Anchors/Reporters: Erin Burnett |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/burnett.erin.html?iref=allsearch |access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> She previously worked for [[CNBC]] as co-anchor of ''[[Squawk on the Street]]'' and the host of ''[[Street Signs (TV series)|Street Signs]]''. Burnett has also appeared on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Meet the Press]]'', ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'', [[MSNBC]]'s ''[[Morning Joe]]'', and ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'' as well as making occasional appearances on ''[[The Celebrity Apprentice]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Erin Burnett on judging 'The Apprentice' and working with Donald Trump |publisher=SiriusXM |url=http://www.siriusxm.ca/erin-burnett-donald-trump/ |access-date=May 30, 2018 |archive-date=May 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510065416/https://www.siriusxm.ca/erin-burnett-donald-trump/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Burnett has hosted ''Erin Burnett OutFront'' live from the border of [[Mali]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Rwanda]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], and [[Israel]]. She has also reported from [[China]], [[Ukraine]], and [[Pakistan]] for the program.

While working at NBC, [[Joe Scarborough]] dubbed Burnett "the International Superstar"<ref>{{cite tweet |date=April 29, 2011 |author=Joe Scarborough |title=All hail the International Superstar! Erin is the best!!! RT @CNBC We wish Erin Burnett the best and thank her for all her contributions. |user=JoeNBC |number=64073191911456768 |access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> for her work on a number of documentaries filmed outside the United States. Her reports and documentaries were filmed inside [[Libya]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Russia]], [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Jordan]], and [[India]].

In her career, she has focused extensively on reporting in the Middle East and has filed reports from [[Egypt]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Tunisia]], [[Turkey]], and [[Yemen]], in addition to [[Pakistan]].

==Early life and education==
Burnett was born and raised in [[Mardela Springs, Maryland]]. She is the youngest daughter of Esther Margaret (née Stewart) and Kenneth King Burnett, a [[corporate attorney]].<ref name="daughter">{{cite web |title=Webb-Burnett, LLP: K. King Burnett |publisher=Salisbury Corporate Law |url=http://www.salisburycorporatelaw.com/partners_of_the_firm.cfm?show=kkingburnett |access-date=February 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312225235/http://www.salisburycorporatelaw.com/partners_of_the_firm.cfm?show=kkingburnett |archive-date=March 12, 2014 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=August 23, 1964 |title=Esther M. Stewart Married to Lawyer |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/23/archives/esther-m-stewart-married-to-lawyer.html}}</ref> She is of Irish, Scottish, and English ancestry.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 17, 2014 |title=CNN Roots with Erin Burnett: Think of Ireland, and Think of Skye |website=ancestry Corporate |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |url=http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/10/17/cnn-roots-with-erin-burnett-think-of-ireland-and-think-of-skye/ |access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref><ref>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', April 19, 2022</ref> Burnett attended The Salisbury School, a private, independent elementary and middle school in Salisbury, MD prior to attending [[St. Andrew's School (Delaware)|St. Andrew's School]], a private co-educational college preparatory boarding school in [[Middletown, Delaware|Middletown]], [[Delaware]], graduating in 1994.<ref name="yearbook">{{cite book |title=Griffin 1994 |publisher=[[St. Andrew's School (Delaware)|St. Andrew's School]] |page=125 |url=https://d3b8mu96upy1t7.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2008/07/23/1994.pdf |access-date=September 17, 2007}}</ref> She returned to the school in 2009 to deliver the commencement speech.<ref>[http://www.standrews-de.org/news/detail2.cfm?NewsID=836] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728054652/http://www.standrews-de.org/news/detail2.cfm?NewsID=836|date=July 28, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Burnett |first=Erin |date=May 24, 2009 |title=Commencement Address. St Andrew's |url=http://libraryarchives.standrews-de.org/files/2009/11/02/Erin%20Burnett.pdf |access-date=April 4, 2010  |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728053539/http://libraryarchives.standrews-de.org/files/2009/11/02/Erin%20Burnett.pdf |archive-date=July 28, 2011}}</ref> She attended [[Williams College]] in [[Williamstown, Massachusetts|Williamstown]], [[Massachusetts]], where she studied [[political science]] and [[economics]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[political economy]]. She played lacrosse and field hockey.<ref name="B&C">{{cite news |last=Palmer |first=Caroline |date=June 4, 2007 |title=Fifth Estater: CNBC's Erin Burnett |publisher=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6448641.html |access-date=July 24, 2007}}</ref><ref name="WP">{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=August 26, 2007 |title=Looking Good at CNBC (Pretty, Too) |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/26/AR2007082601347_2.html |access-date=July 24, 2007}}</ref>

==Career==
Burnett began her career as a [[financial analyst]] for [[Goldman Sachs]]<ref>{{cite news |date=March 26, 2010 |title=40 under 40: Erin Burnett |work=[[CNNMoney.com]] |publisher=Cable News Network |url=https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/fortune/0910/gallery.40_under_40.fortune/33.html |access-date=November 19, 2010}}</ref> in their investment banking division, where she worked on [[mergers and acquisitions]] and corporate finance.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-07-20 |title=Needing a Star, CNBC Made One (Published 2008) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/business/media/20erin.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |last1=Stelter |first1=Brian }}</ref> While working as an investment-banking analyst, Burnett was offered a position at [[CNN]] as a writer and booker for CNN's ''[[Lou Dobbs Tonight|Moneyline]]'' with [[Stuart Varney]], [[Willow Bay]], and [[Lou Dobbs]].<ref name="CNBC">{{cite news |date=July 1, 2006 |title=Erin Burnett's Biography on CNBC.com |publisher=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/15838220/ |access-date=July 17, 2007}}</ref> She left the position to serve as vice president of [[Citigroup]]'s digital media group, CitiMedia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Greenwald |first=Glen |date=October 5, 2011 |title=Erin Burnett: Voice of the People |work=Salon |url=http://www.salon.com/2011/10/05/erin_burnett_voice_of_the_people/ |access-date=February 17, 2014}}</ref><ref name="cnnbio">[https://web.archive.org/web/20130222081224/http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/burnett.erin.html Anchors & Reporters: Erin Burnett]. CNN.com. Archived from [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/burnett.erin.html the original] on February 21, 2013.</ref>

[[File:Erin Burnett interviewing Leon Panetta in Afghanistan Dec 13, 2012 crop.jpg|thumb|Burnett in December 2012, interviewing U.S. Secretary of Defense [[Leon Panetta]] in Afghanistan]]

Following Citigroup, Burnett joined [[Bloomberg Television]] as Stocks Editor and anchor.<ref name="cnnbio" /> From 2005 to 2011 Burnett was the host of CNBC's ''[[Street Signs (TV series)|Street Signs]]'' and co-anchor of ''[[Squawk on the Street]]'' with [[Mark Haines]].<ref name="CNN">{{cite news |date=August 20, 2011 |title=CNN Anchors and Reporters |publisher=CNN |url=http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/burnett.erin.html |access-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref>

On August 5, 2009, Burnett used the term "serial killer" in a discussion with her host [[Jim Cramer]] regarding a report about the [[Prime Minister of Australia|Australian Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]]'s plans to spend millions of dollars on aerial shooting to cull [[Australian feral camel]]s in the [[outback]]. Cramer referred to the reported plan as "camelcide".<ref>{{cite web |title=Stop Trading, Listen to Cramer! |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1204777023&play=1 |access-date=January 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=US TV anchor labels Rudd 'camel serial killer' |publisher=SBS |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2009/08/05/us-tv-anchor-labels-rudd-camel-serial-killer |access-date=January 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116061033/http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2009/08/05/us-tv-anchor-labels-rudd-camel-serial-killer |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Serial killer label just a joke |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_413805.html |access-date=June 20, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028194453/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_413805.html |archive-date=October 28, 2010}}</ref> The next day on the show, Burnett said her comment was meant as a joke.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burnett: I Made a Deadpan Joke |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1205892593&play=1 |access-date=January 3, 2014}}</ref>

On December 7, 2010, Burnett presented an investigative report on chemical giant [[Transammonia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Transammonia: An American Business in Iran |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1687947246&play=1 |access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> doing business in Iran. She reported that a wholly owned subsidiary of Transammonia in the United States purchased ammonia from Iran. On December 13, 2010, as a result of the CNBC report, Transammonia sent a press release to congressional leaders stating that Transammonia's Swiss subsidiary would not enter into new contracts with Iranian companies and would wind down its business with Iran "as soon as possible."<ref>{{cite web |date=December 14, 2010 |title=Chemical Giant Ends Iran Deals After CNBC Report |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/id/40655449 |access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref> The following year, the investigative report was nominated for an Emmy.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Emmy Awards - 32nd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominees |publisher=Emmyonline.tv |url=http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_32nd_nominees_data_list.html |access-date=February 23, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805135536/http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/news_32nd_nominees_data_list.html |archive-date=August 5, 2011}}</ref>

Following more than five years with CNBC, Burnett left the network on May 6, 2011,<ref name="singoff">{{cite news |date=May 6, 2011 |title=Erin Burnett's Teary CNBC Sign-off |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/erin-burnetts-teary-cnbc-sign-off_b64864 |access-date=May 6, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509063517/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/erin-burnetts-teary-cnbc-sign-off_b64864 |archive-date=May 9, 2011}}</ref> and joined rival news outlet CNN beginning October 3, 2011. There she began headlining her own prime-time news program, called ''[[Erin Burnett OutFront]]'', which films at CNN's New York City studios.<ref name="CNN_hires">{{cite news |last=Luhby |first=Tami |date=April 29, 2011 |title=CNN hires Erin Burnett from CNBC |url=https://money.cnn.com/2011/04/29/news/companies/CNN_Erin_Burnett |access-date=May 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hall |first=Colby |title=CNN Reveals New 7PM Show Title: Erin Burnett: OutFront |work=Mediaite |publisher=Mediaite, LLC |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-reveals-erin-burnetts-new-show-title-outfront/ |access-date=September 23, 2011}}</ref>

Shortly after joining CNN, Burnett aired an October 4, 2011 segment on the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protests titled "Seriously?" She was accused by journalism watchdog group [[Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting|Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)]] of misrepresenting facts about protesters. Journalist [[Glenn Greenwald]] reacted in a ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' article detailing bias in Burnett's reporting, which he attributed to her previous work experience on Wall Street as well as her partner's employment with Citigroup.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 2011 |title=7. Glenn Greenwald in Conversation with David Talbot |work=Salon |url=http://fora.tv/2011/11/02/Glenn_Greenwald_in_Conversation_with_David_Talbot/Greenwald_OWS_Media_Coverage_Biased_by_Elite_Media |access-date=December 5, 2014}}</ref> In response to the criticism, CNN issued a statement saying, "We support Erin and the ''OutFront'' team and we respect that there will be a range of opinions on any given story."<ref>{{cite web |date=October 6, 2011 |title=CNN's New Star Is a Little Too Sympathetic to Wall Street – Adam Clark Estes |publisher=The Atlantic Wire |url=http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/10/cnns-erin-burnett-sympathetic-wall-street/43407/ |access-date=June 20, 2013}}</ref>

Burnett stated that President Trump's proposal under the Insurrection Act to use military forces to remove protestors from Lafayette Square would constitute "invoking an act not invoked since 1807 to deploy U.S. military troops on American soil." She later issued a correction, noting that the act has been invoked much more recently, the last time in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/02/erin-burnett/erin-burnett-corrects-inaccurate-statements-about-/|title=PolitiFact - Erin Burnett corrects inaccurate statements about Insurrection Act|website=@politifact}}</ref>

===Hosted programs===
* ''Bloomberg on the Markets'' (2003–05)
* ''[[Street Signs (TV series)|Street Signs]]'' (2006–11)
* ''[[Squawk on the Street]]'' (2005–11)
* ''[[Erin Burnett OutFront]]'' (2011–present)

===Documentaries===
* ''City of Money & Mystery'' (2008)
* ''India Rising: The New Empire'' (2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=CNBC Originals: India Rising: The New Empire |publisher=Hulu |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/70312/cnbc-originals-india-rising-the-new-empire |access-date=January 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127102905/http://www.hulu.com/watch/70312/cnbc-originals-india-rising-the-new-empire |archive-date=November 27, 2011}}</ref>
* ''The Russian Gamble'' (2008)
* ''Dollars & Danger: Africa, The Final Investment Frontier'' (2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Watch CNBC Originals Online - Dollars and Danger: Africa, The Final Investing Frontier |publisher=Hulu |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/78364/cnbc-originals-dollars-and-danger-africa-the-final-investing-frontier |access-date=February 23, 2015}}</ref>
* ''On Assignment: Iraq'' (2010)
* ''Big Money in the Middle East'' (2010)

===Film===
* ''[[Edge of Tomorrow (film)|Edge of Tomorrow]]'' as CNN news anchor (herself)

==Personal life==
Burnett met executive David Rubulotta on a [[blind date]] in 2003. Rubulotta was previously a trader for [[Lehman Brothers]].<ref name="meetrubu">La Rocha, Julia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130307122927/http://www.businessinsider.com/david-rubulotta-2011-9 Meet The Citigroup Executive Who's Engaged To Erin Burnett]. ''Business Insider''. September 30, 2011. Archived from the [http://www.businessinsider.com/david-rubulotta-2011-9 original] on February 21, 2013.</ref> They became engaged in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 30, 2011 |title=Erin Burnett, David Rubulotta Engaged |publisher=People.com |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533172,00.html |access-date=January 3, 2014}}</ref> Burnett and Rubulotta were married on December 21, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |last=Carlson |first=Erin |date=December 22, 2012 |title=CNN's Erin Burnett Marries David Rubulotta |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cnn-anchor-erin-burnett-marries-406277 |access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref>

On November 29, 2013, Burnett gave birth to a son.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 30, 2013 |title=Erin Burnett Welcomes Son Nyle Thomas |publisher=People.com |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/11/30/erin-burnett-welcomes-son-nyle-thomas/ |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218052555/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2013/11/30/erin-burnett-welcomes-son-nyle-thomas/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On July 18, 2015, she gave birth to a daughter.<ref>{{cite web |author=Allan |date=July 29, 2015 |title=Erin Burnett reveals first photo of newborn daughter, Colby Isabelle |work=CNN Commentary |url=https://cnncommentary.com/2015/07/29/erin-burnett-reveals-first-photo-of-newborn-daughter-colby-isabelle/ |access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> The couple welcomed their third child, a boy, on August 20, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Juneau |first1=Jen |last2=Leon |first2=Anya |date=August 23, 2018 |title=Erin Burnett Welcomes Son Owen Thomas |publisher=[[People Magazine]] |url=https://people.com/parents/erin-burnett-welcomes-son-owen-thomas/?xnl |access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref>

Burnett is Catholic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/09/will-we-be-inspired-to-respond-to-pope-francis-call |work=Crux |date=September 30, 2015 |title=Will we be inspired to respond to Pope Francis' call? |quote=On TV, commentators and even their interviewees were showing off their Catholic bona fides. CNN anchors [[Chris Cuomo]] and Erin Burnett both proudly declared themselves observant.}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[New Yorkers in journalism]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Erin Burnett}}
{{Wikiquote}}
* [https://www.cnn.com/profiles/erin-burnett-profile Erin Burnett] biography at CNN
* [https://www.cnn.com/shows/erin-burnett-out-front ''Erin Burnett's OutFront'']
* {{IMDb name|2574553|Erin Burnett}}
* {{Muckrack}}

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