In response, Bloomberg News said it would
cover but not investigate its boss, the former
New York mayor, and his Democratic rivals. But
Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait
said reporters would continue to investigate the
Trump administration, as the sitting government.
Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale
called it a troubling decision to “formalize
preferential reporting policies.” He said
Bloomberg reporters would no longer be
credentialed to cover campaign events until
the policy is rescinded.
“As President Trump’s campaign, we are
accustomed to unfair reporting practices,
but most news organizations don’t announce
their biases so publicly,” Parscale said.
Micklethwait said the accusation of bias
couldn’t be further from the truth.
“We have covered Donald Trump fairly and
in an unbiased way since he became a
candidate in 2015 and will continue to do
so despite the restrictions imposed by the
Trump campaign,” he said.
The Trump campaign’s action illustrates the
difficult position Bloomberg’s candidacy has
imposed on the news organization he founded
in 1990.
By saying reporters could not investigate
Bloomberg or his Democratic rivals, some
critics have said this would prevent the news
organization from doing in-depth reporting
on the campaign. Bloomberg officials say
it’s a position they’ve navigated before when
he was mayor.