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Man, imagine the exodus if Fox reporters found ethics.

What does it mean to “cover the Bloomberg trial balloon in the aggressive way I thought it deserved” ?

Should Bloomberg’s ‘balloon’ be pursued with spears and razor blades? Not sure how I’d feel about a Bloomberg candidacy - but it does not appear that the Bloomberg news organization has mortally eviscerated any of the other candidates - so what is it that they are now doing with the current field - that she fears she would be unable to do?

If Bloomberg became a candidate, it is highly likely that he would step away from the organization… like he (kinda) did when he was mayor.

yes

No.

Pitchforks and torches.

Please people, use the right tool for the job. Or for the tool.

Is this supposed to be taken as Bloomberg is truly serious about throwing his hat in the ring? … Or was Kiely just looking to move on anyway and is using the event as the reason?

Kathy Kiely, Bloomberg News’ Washington news director, resigned Wednesday over concerns that the media company wouldn’t be able to aggressively cover its owner Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential bid.

Ms. Kiely must be one of those so-called Berniebot purveyors of ethical and political purity. Otherwise, why aggressively cover such potential presidential bid? If HRC and MB can see nothing wrong with what was promised, why should she or any other American, for that matter, have concerns about conflicted interests? No laws are provably broken, are they? That should be the only standard by which ethical and political judgements are made. Only deranged pie-in-the-sky Hillary-haters believe in stricter standards.

Besides, remember SCOTUS! Remember Destiny! Remember Legacy! You really are a woman and not a WINO, aren’t you, Kathy Kiely? And you really are a licensed journalist and not a false-flag troll from the Clinton-deranged “vast right-wing conspiracy” practicing the “politics of destruction” that we will no doubt much rehear and repeat in 2016.

Don’t be shtupid! Be a shmarty! Guarantee it’s Hillary’s Party!

Does anyone besides Michael Bloomberg and a few of his cronies give a damn about this story? Seriously, no one outside of New York cares about Michael Bloomberg! Deez Nuts is a more credible candidate.

It’s unclear from TPM’s article on its own, but you can find out by pursuing the better article they linked.

“Bloomberg News has long placed restrictions on its coverage of its owner, a former mayor of New York City, barring reporters from writing about his personal life and wealth. The news organization’s coverage of Bloomberg was scant this past weekend following a report in The New York Times that he was weighing a run.”

I believe the resigning editor is making a statement not about the candidates and their coverage so far, but where it might potentially lead if he were to become a major factor.

It sounds like the first convenient excuse that she’s been able to grab just to get away from Halperin.

I don’t blame her a bit.

I am less concerned about the possibility of Bloomberg as President and more concerned about the possibility of Bloomberg as spoiler. He might be a former Republican, but as a New York City politician, an independent run means he is most likely to draw votes from Centrist Democrats.

Perhaps afraid of retribution from the boss after the campaign is over?

I’ve got Deez Nutz out in front right now.

Oh, that sounds just peachy. Another prickly billionaire who wants to be president, and expects kid-glove treatment while doing it.

Which reminds me: why haven’t I been reading anything about Donald Trump’s hand-shaking phobia? I used to imagine that this alone would disqualify him as a serious candidate, but I obviously failed to take sliding Republican standards into account (it’s a moving target).

imagine the exodus if Fox reporters found ethics.

I don’t think we have to worry about that.

Bingo. Their reporting on his trial balloon may have been fine (I have no idea) but there’s no way to do fair and equal reporting on a presidential bid under those rules. Even without those formal rules, it’s highly questionable that reporters wouldn’t feel pressure to avoid embarrassing their boss.

And yeah, as the owner, you’re ultimately the boss and everyone knows it, no matter how many layers of administration you place between the reporters and the owner, no matter how strong the editorial “firewalls” you try to erect to prevent undue influence.

It might not ever come down to a reporter being fired for being too hard on Bloomberg, but there will certainly be a perception – and perhaps a reality – that reporters who go easy on the boss will find that they have better future career opportunities within the organization…