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Home Front: Politix
Bloomberg's media company announces it will no longer investigate him - or any other Democratic candidates - but all bets are off with Trump
2019-11-26
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait announced new guidelines for campaign coverage in a note to staff on Sunday

  • The note came shortly after the former NYC mayor announced his candidacy

  • Micklethwait said that the organization will continue its tradition of not investigating Bloomberg, or his family and foundation

  • It will extend that policy to his rivals in the Democratic primary out of fairness

  • Investigative coverage of President Trump's administration will proceed as usual

  • That coverage will be reassessed should Bloomberg be chosen as the Democratic presidential candidate

  • Bloomberg Opinion will also no longer run unsigned editorials as they typically reflected views of the founder
Posted by:Fred

#8  So... no change in operations then.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2019-11-26 11:09  

#7  I meant to say, this sounds like a violation of iirc the fairness rule that requires media companies to give equal treatment to candidates.
Posted by: Lex   2019-11-26 10:50  

#6  Since he was a republican once they probably didn't tell him that this was standard media policy and he wasn't supposed to talk about it.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2019-11-26 10:06  

#5  #2 - in kind campaign contribution. Probably will have to be 'adjudged'. BTW, how's the judicial appointments going in the Senate.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2019-11-26 07:05  

#4  Couldn't that be termed an emolument?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-11-26 02:31  

#3  Some wily bastards just made a lot of money in convincing him America needed him.

"Go, Mr. Bloomberg. Go !"
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-11-26 01:38  

#2  Errrr... sounds like a violation of campaign laws.
Posted by: Lex   2019-11-26 01:32  

#1  ...And Bloomberg Media head toward bankruptcy...
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2019-11-26 01:11  

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