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On the contrary, that is a separate issue, although an important one. This story is about the integrity of reporting from Bloomberg. An important tradition in
by mcguire 7y ago
On the contrary, that is a separate issue, although an important one.
This story is about the integrity of reporting from Bloomberg. An important tradition in journalism is the firewall between the money making and the news reporting parts of an organization. Yes, that firewall is breached entirely too often, but many new media organizations simply don't have the tradition at the management level.
That is important to know, no matter who is applying pressure on the money side.
- apozem 7y agoExactly. Bloomberg employs many fine reporters and writers, and often does good work. I like Mark Gurman, who often has accurate scoops of unannounced Apple products. However, Bloomberg should be read knowing they are owned by a company and owner that does not respect their journalistic independence. Readers should know if it comes down to journalism or their billion-dollar terminal business [1], the terminals win. [1]: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bloombergs-business-in-china-has-grown-that-could-create-unprecedented-entanglements-if-he-is-elected-president/2020/01/01/71536318-1cfd-11ea-9ddd-3e0321c180e7_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bloombergs-business-...
- TheKarateKid 7y agoWhen Bloomberg News refused to cover any Democratic nominees because they didn't want to have to potentially cover anything negative on Michael Bloomberg, they lost most credibility with me: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/bloomberg-journalists-free-to-resume-normal-political-coverage.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/04/bloomberg-journalists-free-t...
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoThey could have tried to cover it by hiring outside reporters to talk about both sides, I've seen my local newspaper do that.
- lonelappde 7y agoNY Times isn't independent either. They were long and famously a mouthpiece for the US Federal government's war machine. Most papers aren't independent.
- EwanG 7y agoDo we think this is THAT much different from the Washington Post (owned by Jeff Bezos), Time Magazine and related (owned by Marc Benioff), etc? I mean, is there any major news outlet (short of possibly PBS) where we shouldn't assume some level of benign (or not so benign) influence from the money making side?
- mcguire 7y agoQualitatively different? Probably not. Quantitatively? Yes, I think so. Bezos fooling with the Post's news-covering editorial activities would be a major scandal that would likely end with him having a very bad reputation and possibly start with a large number of the Post's journalists publicly taking a walk. But Bloomberg doesn't have that kind of integrity or reputation to maintain; this story is just another day at the office. That doesn't mean Bezos does not have influence, nor that he won't, hasn't, or isn't exercising it inappropriately. But what Bloomberg did is discussed to great lengths in Journalism 101. That's hard to keep quiet.
- adelHBN 7y agoYou're absolutely right. But bending the integrity of journalism to appease authoritarian governments is nothing new. We've been doing it with Saudi Arabia for decades.
- Consultant32452 7y agoDidn't we recently find out ABC buried a story about someone in the British royal family fucking kids? It's not just the likes of Saudi Arabia.
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