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Bloomberg News Says It Won't Cover Owner's Presidential Campaign Or His Rivals

 
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Bloomberg News says it won't cover presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg doesn't want the newsroom he owns reporting on him and the newsroom is planning to accommodate his decision.

ILSA CHANG, HOST:

Former New York City mayor and now-Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is worth a lot of money. His estimated worth exceeds $50 billion. Bloomberg started a financial information service decades ago that's now a global enterprise with a huge newsroom. As NPR's David Folkenflik reports, Bloomberg's candidacy is about to tie the Bloomberg newsroom into knots.

DAVID FOLKENFLIK, BYLINE: You can't accuse Mike Bloomberg of hiding his thoughts on the subject.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

MICHAEL BLOOMBERG: We've always had a policy of, we don't cover ourselves.

FOLKENFLIK: Last December, he gave an extended interview to Radio Iowa's Kay Henderson in which Bloomberg talked about what would happen to Bloomberg News if he were to jump into the fray.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

BLOOMBERG: I happen to believe in my heart of hearts - you can't be independent, and nobody's going to believe that you're independent. And quite honestly, I don't want all the reporters I'm paying to write a bad story about me. I don't want them to be independent.

FOLKENFLIK: From the outset, Bloomberg's newsroom did not cover Bloomberg, his family, his company or his foundation. During the 12 years that he led New York, the news organization all but ignored the mayor of the financial capital of the world.

Bloomberg has been exploring this issue for years with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, who declined NPR's request for an interview. Micklethwait sent round a memo last night. He said 2020 wouldn't be easy, that Bloomberg News would cover who's up and down, the implications of the candidates' policy proposals and what's playing out on the campaign trail. Micklethwait also said the newsroom would not investigate candidate Mike Bloomberg or his foundation and therefore would also not investigate his competitors.
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won't throw dirt on their political party but sure as hell will do on Trump & co

pure scam

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2020 ELECTIONS

Trump on Bloomberg: 'There’s nobody I’d rather run against'

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Twitter is big on Warren.


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Can it push her over the top?
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Bloomberg Is No Better Choice Than The Rest Of The Democratic Candidates

With former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg possibly entering the presidential race, some Never Trumpers nervous about the Democrats’ leftward shift might feel like they have a candidate they can now support. They shouldn’t. Bloomberg was a Republican-in-name-only mayor who governed as a freedom-suppressing authoritarian.

Bloomberg has done nothing more than file for the Alabama Democratic primary election and he’s already six points ahead of President Donald Trump, 43-37, in a hypothetical general election matchup, according to Morning Consult/Politico poll. But some Democratic candidates have expressed their opposition to his candidacy. He’s too rich. He’s too late. He will let the party down.

We’re also have problems with him. But not the same ones.

Bloomberg governed the five boroughs for a dozen years as if he were making household rules for his pre-teen children. There would be no Big Gulp-sized sugary soft drinks, no trans fats, and every calorie had to be counted. A “Complete List of Everything Banned by Mayor Michael Bloomberg” compiled by Gizmodo includes: cars in Times Square, high sodium levels in processed foods, Styrofoam for single-use food packaging, cabs that aren’t fuel efficient, loud headphones, and cell phones in schools.

Some of the bans were proposed or merely suggested. But they still indicate a prohibitionist mind-set.

The “Republican” mayor is also an enemy of Second Amendment rights. Under his watch, a Manhattan store was even fined $60,000 by the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs for selling lighters that looked like small pistols.

Writing for the Reason Foundation, which declared Bloomberg one of its 45 Enemies of Freedom, Scott Shackford says the potential White House occupant “Is No Defender of the Constitution.“

“Bloomberg is the archetype of the ‘Nanny knows best’ authoritarian who will happily deprive you of your rights and your freedoms in the name of protecting you,” Shackford said a little more than a year ago, after Bloomberg changed his party affiliation to Democrat.

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A list of everything imperial mayor Michael Bloomberg banished from his kingdom during the past 12 years

Now that the sun has officially set on the Bloomberg Years, let’s sit back with a sugared soda of at least 17 oz., a good cigar, and a large pizza with extra triglycerides and take stock of all that this man has done for (to?) the Big Apple. The following is a comprehensive list of everything Bloomie banned during his way-too-long tenure (h/t Gizmodo for all but the last item in the lengthy list).

Smoking in commercial establishments like bars and restaurants (2003)
Smoking in public spaces (2011)
Cigarette sales to those under 21 (2013)
Sales of “flavored” tobacco products (2009)
Smoking e-cigarettes in public spaces (2013) ***
Cigarette in-store displays (2013)
Cars in Times Square (2009)
Cars from driving in newly created bike lanes (2007-2013)
Cars causing congestion below 60th Street in Manhattan (2007) *
Speeding on residential “slow zones” (2013)
Illegal guns (2006-2013) **
Sodium levels in processed foods (2010) **
Trans-fats in restaurants (2006)
Loud headphones (2013) **
Styrofoam packaging in single-service food items (2013)
Sodas larger than 16 ounces (2012) *
Collection of yard waste and grass clippings during certain times of year (2003-2013)
Organic food waste from landfills (2013) **
Commercial music over 45 decibels (2013)
Chain restaurant menus without calorie counts (2008)
The posting of signs in “city-owned grassy areas” (2013)
Non-fuel-efficient cabs (2007)
New cabs that aren’t Nissan NV200s (2013) *
Greenhouse gas emissions (2007)
Government buildings that aren’t LEED-certified (2005)
Non-hurricane-proof buildings in coastal areas (2013)
Black roofs (2009) **
Construction cranes over 25 years old (2013)
No. 6 and No. 4 “heavy” heating oils (2011)
Less than a 2-1 ratio of female and male restrooms in new public buildings (2005)
Cell phones in schools (2006)
Two-term limits for city elected officials (2008)
Baby Formula in City Hospitals (2012)

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Bloomberg is another Schultz.
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Twitter is big on Warren.


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Can it push her over the top?
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Bloomberg is her Parrot.
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Greedy people make me sick.
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They'd only need report that everything Bloomberg says is a lie. That's the beginning and end of the coverage. He's going to promise all the Dem hate groups a bunch of shit that he can never deliver.
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They'd only need report that everything Bloomberg says is a lie. That's the beginning and end of the coverage. He's going to promise all the Dem hate groups a bunch of shit that he can never deliver.
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Fucken Bloomberg is gay.


Look at him.



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Bloomberg is another Schultz.
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