Mike Bloomberg, former mayor of New York Metropolis, speaks to media after touring the Wind Know-how program at Des Moines Space Group School in An
Mike Bloomberg, former mayor of New York Metropolis, speaks to media after touring the Wind Know-how program at Des Moines Space Group School in Ankeny, Iowa, December 4, 2018.
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With Mike Bloomberg officially entering the 2020 Democratic presidential race, Bloomberg Information will chorus from investigating him and his Democratic rivals, in line with a memo despatched to editorial and analysis workers obtained by CNBC.
“We are going to proceed our custom of not investigating Mike (and his household and basis ) and we are going to prolong the identical coverage to his rivals within the Democratic primaries. We can’t deal with Mike’s democratic opponents in a different way from him,” Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait mentioned within the memo, which was confirmed by a spokesperson.
Mike Bloomberg is founder and 89% shareholder in Bloomberg LP, a monetary software program firm that owns Bloomberg Information
Whereas the billionaire former New York mayor is working for president, Bloomberg Information will publish or summarize investigative work into Bloomberg and the opposite Democratic candidates if made by “credible journalistic establishments,” mentioned Micklethwait.
Bloomberg Information will cowl the campaigns of the Democratic candidates, together with Bloomberg’s. Micklethwait mentioned the outlet will carry polls, interview the candidates and monitor their campaigns. A reporter has been assigned to comply with…