Headline Roundup • November 26th, 2019
Bloomberg News Won't Investigate Democratic Candidates For President
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HuffPost
In a memo to staff, the editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News told the newsroom that the publication will continue its âtradition of not investigatingâ its CEO and namesake, Michael Bloomberg, or his family and foundations after he declared his candidacy for president on Sunday.
The head of Bloomberg News, John Micklethwait, said the policy not to investigate will be extended to other candidates in the Democratic primary.
âWe cannot treat Mikeâs Democratic competitors differently from him,â he said. Micklethwait added that Bloomberg News will decide what to do when other publications...
The Hill
The union representing journalists at the Bloomberg industry publication group on Monday condemned the company's decision to bar journalists across the broader Bloomberg organization from investigating Democratic candidates for president.
In a statement released on Twitter, the guild, which represents Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Tax, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg Environment called the company's decision an effort to "silence" the company's reporters.
"We are extremely alarmed by management's decision to silence the journalists we represent at Bloomberg Industry Group, as well as the unrepresented journalists at Bloomberg News," the guild wrote.
"The...
Back when he was New Yorkâs mayor, Mike Bloomberg routinely feuded with the press over his whereabouts.
He doggedly refused to release his weekend schedule, even if he was traveling out of town, favoring his own privacy over the publicâs right to know.
Now, as of Sunday, heâs running for president. But one organization that wonât be covering him aggressively is Bloomberg News.
This is a journalistic giant, churning out 5,000 stories a day, some of them market-moving. Bloomberg News has 2,700 journalists spread across 150 bureaus around the globe,...
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