Candidate Bloomberg Muzzles His Reporters

It's His Way or The Highway

Billionaire presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg is refusing to buckle under pressure and change the rules of engagement for his news outlet's political reporters—who are forbidden from investigating him or any other Democratic White House hopeful.

The Daily Mail reports Bloomberg told CBC News in an interview Friday that News journalists  will 'just have to learn to live with some things.'

'They get a paycheck,' the former New York City mayor lectured, 'but with your paycheck comes some restrictions and responsibilities.'

DailyMail.com's anecdotal sampling of Bloomberg reporters' opinions shows scattershot unease but no willingness to contest the company policy, which has left President Donald Trump the only candidate they are permitted to dig into.

Bloomberg News founder Michael Bloomberg is running for president, and his journalists have been told not to investigate him or any other Democrat—only Donald Trump; he says such 'restrictions' are part of the deal when Bloomberg pays your salary.


Trump has vented about the unequal treatment Bloomberg is giving him, and some White House aides expect repercussions directed at Bloomberg News reporters

'None of us likes this,' a Bloomberg reporter said. 'This is the opposite of what the profession fights for.'

'Bloomberg News has declared that they won't investigate their boss or his Democrat competitors, many of whom are current holders of high office, but will continue critical reporting on President Trump,' said Parscale.