"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," wrote the union in a late Monday letter.
"We call on Bloomberg corporate management to rescind its policy and allow journalists throughout the Bloomberg family to do their jobs."
Our statement regarding #Bloomberg’s editorial decision not to investigate Democratic Presidential candidates@business @BBGIndustry @BLaw @environment @BGOV @tax pic.twitter.com/BZcSU3mdNB — Guild at Bloomberg Industry Group (@GuildatBIG) November 26, 2019
"The Guild believes journalists should not only be allowed - but encouraged - to thoroughly cover every single candidate as the profession demands in one of the most important elections in modern history," the union added. "A journalist's job is, above all, to cover the news and to serve as an independent monitor of power."
The controversial decision announced by editor-in-chief John Micklethwait, was announced last week to the outlet's 2,700 journalists and analysts. They will still cover polls, policies and how the Bloomberg campaign is doing, however investigative stories on Bloomberg or any other Democratic candidate are now banned. They will continue to investigate and report on the Trump administration.
well, ya gotta at least give them credit for explicitly announcing that they’re an official Dem propaganda outfit, instead of pretending like the rest of the dying lying leftist fake stream enemedia that they’re “fair and balanced”
Bloomberg’s TV ads are already running in the DFW metroplex along with Tom Steyer’s. Good, let them burn their money!
Emoluments! Oh, Bloomie is a Democrat now? Then Trump is guilty of that last bit.
Waiting for the media to say he has to give up all his businesses...
So it’s just another PR firm, not a news service.
Why doesn’t anyone mention that this is a huge political contribution?
I can sort of understand not reporting on Bloomberg since it is his news service; but, what is their reason for not reporting on other Democrat candidates.
Bloomberg is running because America is already voting.......with its checkbooks......for Trump.
The Dems have no money to speak of.
Bloomberg is financing the Hate Trumpers to mark Trump up all he can.
Bloomberg understands the Dems will certainly lose if someone can’t buy the ads to trash Trump.
He is 77, all he has is money to offer on his farewell tour.