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[W:412] Trump campaign boots Bloomberg reporters from rallies, events over decision not to cover

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SLC said:
The NYT, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC.and ABC all investigate Trump and they all have press passes to Trump rallies. I think the issue is the bias of not investigating Dems but investigating Trump. That is pure propaganda not news.
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The issue is a member of the free press being pressured by the state to take action. In the event the private news organization does not fold to the demands of the state, which include the allocation of its resources, then they are denied access.

It's fascism.
 
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SLC said:
Trump campaign bans Bloomberg News from events over ‘troubling and wrong’ decision | Fox News

President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign will no longer issue credentials to Bloomberg News because of its decision to investigate Trump, but not his political opponents, campaign manager Brad Parscale announced Monday.

Bloomberg News announced last week that it wouldn’t investigate its namesake owner, Mike Bloomberg, while he runs for president, or any other Democratic presidential candidate for that matter, but would continue to investigate President Trump.


“The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting policies is troubling and wrong,” Parscale wrote in a statement. "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.”

Parscale said he is “accustomed to unfair reporting practices” but Bloomberg News’ decision takes it too far because “most news organizations don’t announce their biases so publicly.”

Bloomberg launched his 2020 campaign last week with a one-minute ad, which was posted on social media. Along with the video, Bloomberg posted a written statement on his campaign website in which he laid out why he was the best candidate to defeat President Trump next November.

“Since they have declared their bias openly, the Trump campaign will no longer credential representatives of Bloomberg News for rallies or other campaign events,” Parscale wrote. “We will determine whether to engage with individual reporters or answer inquiries from Bloomberg News on a case-by-case basis. This will remain the policy of the Trump campaign until Bloomberg News publicly rescinds its decision.”

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Good! Not reporting on Bloomberg and the Dems but reporting only on Trump makes them nothing more than propagandist.
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EXACTLY RIGHT!!!

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SCrider said:
Well that sounds like a police state now dosen't it? How about they will investigate when there is a reason to?
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What sounds like a police state is Bloomberg telling Bloomberg reporter they can't investigate him or any Democrat running for President. Now that is some Nazi like tactics.
 
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SLC said:
What sounds like a police state is Bloomberg telling Bloomberg reporter they can't investigate him or any Democrat running for President. Now that is some Nazi like tactics.
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The free press is under threat by the state. You need to rise above politics.
 
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SLC said:
Trump campaign bans Bloomberg News from events over ‘troubling and wrong’ decision | Fox News

President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign will no longer issue credentials to Bloomberg News because of its decision to investigate Trump, but not his political opponents, campaign manager Brad Parscale announced Monday.

Bloomberg News announced last week that it wouldn’t investigate its namesake owner, Mike Bloomberg, while he runs for president, or any other Democratic presidential candidate for that matter, but would continue to investigate President Trump.


“The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting policies is troubling and wrong,” Parscale wrote in a statement. "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.”

Parscale said he is “accustomed to unfair reporting practices” but Bloomberg News’ decision takes it too far because “most news organizations don’t announce their biases so publicly.”

Bloomberg launched his 2020 campaign last week with a one-minute ad, which was posted on social media. Along with the video, Bloomberg posted a written statement on his campaign website in which he laid out why he was the best candidate to defeat President Trump next November.

“Since they have declared their bias openly, the Trump campaign will no longer credential representatives of Bloomberg News for rallies or other campaign events,” Parscale wrote. “We will determine whether to engage with individual reporters or answer inquiries from Bloomberg News on a case-by-case basis. This will remain the policy of the Trump campaign until Bloomberg News publicly rescinds its decision.”

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Good! Not reporting on Bloomberg and the Dems but reporting only on Trump makes them nothing more than propagandist.
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The Trump administration is trying to subvert private news outlets into state media to serve the head of state. That's a cornerstone tactic of a banana republic.
 
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ecofarm said:
The issue is a member of the free press being pressured by the state to take action. In the event the private news organization does not fold to the demands of the state, which include the allocation of its resources, then they are denied access.

It's fascism.
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State? What are you talking about its for Trump rallies. The state doesn't own or pay for Trump rallies. Trump has the right to say who can and who cannot attend his rallies.
 
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SLC said:
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President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign will no longer issue credentials to Bloomberg News because of its decision to investigate Trump, but not his political opponents, []
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An investigation isn't fair unless the investigators also investigate the target's enemies, which that target gets to pick? That'd mean pretty much every single criminal investigation in this country was unfair. I take it you'll be calling for the release of all convicted criminals, even illegal alien sex traffickers?

:roll:

Trump and Fox have you saying the stupidest things.

They also have you saying the most dishonest things: you never said investigations into Hillary's email server were unfair because they weren't also investigating everyone Hillary said was a political rival. Oopsie-daisy.




Nevermind you are cheerleading the notion of state-controlled media.
 
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SLC said:
State? What are you talking about its for Trump rallies. The state doesn't own or pay for Trump rallies. Trump has the right to say who can and who cannot attend his rallies.
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Trump is not a private citizen. Access to the President is being denied to those unwilling to do state bidding. It's fascism.
 
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Helix said:
No news network should cover his klan rallies. Let his supporters watch it on fox.
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Debunking the Trump Racist Myth -Larry Elder




The Charlottesville Lie - PragerU

 
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SLC said:
What sounds like a police state is Bloomberg telling Bloomberg reporter they can't investigate him or any Democrat running for President. Now that is some Nazi like tactics.
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No Bloomberg News has had a long standing policy not to investigate Bloomberg or his family. They are extending that policy to include his head to head political rivals in the Dem party. You guys are trying to make it out as some kind of unfair poor Trump BS like you alway do. Trump the ultimate victim.

Your one about let's investigate to see what we can dig up is straight up Nazi attic 101.
 
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Cardinal said:
The Trump administration is trying to subvert private news outlets into state media to serve the head of state. That's a cornerstone tactic of a banana republic.
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In fairness, this particular media outlet is owned by someone who is now officially a political competitor to Trump and, thus, has a vested interested in providing biased reporting.

Bloomberg should just turn around and do the same thing to Trump and refuse to credential Fox News at his rallies.
 
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SLC said:
Trump campaign bans Bloomberg News from events over ‘troubling and wrong’ decision | Fox News

President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign will no longer issue credentials to Bloomberg News because of its decision to investigate Trump, but not his political opponents, campaign manager Brad Parscale announced Monday.

Bloomberg News announced last week that it wouldn’t investigate its namesake owner, Mike Bloomberg, while he runs for president, or any other Democratic presidential candidate for that matter, but would continue to investigate President Trump.


“The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting policies is troubling and wrong,” Parscale wrote in a statement. "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.”

Parscale said he is “accustomed to unfair reporting practices” but Bloomberg News’ decision takes it too far because “most news organizations don’t announce their biases so publicly.”

Bloomberg launched his 2020 campaign last week with a one-minute ad, which was posted on social media. Along with the video, Bloomberg posted a written statement on his campaign website in which he laid out why he was the best candidate to defeat President Trump next November.

“Since they have declared their bias openly, the Trump campaign will no longer credential representatives of Bloomberg News for rallies or other campaign events,” Parscale wrote. “We will determine whether to engage with individual reporters or answer inquiries from Bloomberg News on a case-by-case basis. This will remain the policy of the Trump campaign until Bloomberg News publicly rescinds its decision.”

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Good! Not reporting on Bloomberg and the Dems but reporting only on Trump makes them nothing more than propagandist.
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Hey, Buddy!

Trump had the National Enquirer working for him before throughout is campaign - they had a whole vault full of stories they "caught and killed" on his behalf. They also ran as many negative stories as possible about trump's rivals.

At least Bloomburg is being honest about what he's doing, instead of hiring scumbags like the Enquirer and fixers like Cohen and Stone to do his dirty work behind the scenes!

Report: National Enquirer Shredded Trump Docs Before 2016 Election | Vanity Fair

Pecker, a longtime friend of Trump, told Michael Cohen in 2015 that he would help find and spike negative stories about Trump’s relationships with women that could hurt his nascent presidential bid, according to prosecutors. As my colleague Gabriel Sherman has reported, the Enquirer also frequently ran articles attacking Trump’s rivals, including Hillary Clinton and Republican opponents like Ben Carson—who’d go on to serve in Trump’s cabinet. Pecker and Howard were later granted immunity from prosecution after providing information about Cohen’s hush-money agreements with McDougal and porn actress Stormy Daniels; their testimonies helped form the basis for the campaign finance charges against the former Trump attorney, who implicated the president—“Individual-1”—in federal crimes. (Trump has denied alleged affairs and sexual harassment claims involving some two dozen women.)
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ecofarm said:
Trump is not a private citizen. Access to the President is being denied those unwilling to do state bidding. It's fascism.
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The minute the press stops coverage of Democrats or the publication's owner who is also a candidate for POTUS, they have declared themselves a propaganda organization and thus do not deserve press credentials.
 
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Slyfox696 said:
In fairness, this particular media outlet is owned by someone who is now officially a political competitor to Trump and, thus, has a vested interested in providing biased reporting.

Bloomberg should just turn around and do the same thing to Trump and refuse to credential Fox News at his rallies.
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Trump is the ****ing President. Access to him is a matter of rights and freedom. Giving the state the ability to deny access to those unwilling to do their bidding is a nightmare. It must be nipped in the bud before licenses are revoked.
 
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Felis Leo said:
Bloomberg News has made it an explicit part of their editorial policy that they will not conduct any form of investigative journalism into any Democratic candidates, period. So even if a Democratic candidate did something that might be considered worthy of investigation, Bloomberg News reporters are not to look into it.

No matter how you cut it, stating that your news organization is going to refrain from investigative journalism on purely partisan grounds is not a good look.
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I agree with that. Bloomberg starts with the "tradition of not investigating Mike (and his family and foundation)" and then extends it to other Democrats in the primary, but not Trump. It's transparent but that's the only good thing to say about it.

The easiest way to see the problem is to imagine that Fox News issues a policy directive to continue to run 47 negative stories per day against Democrats but has an official policy to NOT investigate Trump or anyone in the GOP. Doesn't matter why, really, just that it's an official policy directive from the top.

In this case at some level, we should all recognize that, of course, Bloomberg media outlets won't 'investigate' their boss and owner but the 'solution' just IMO illustrates the real problem which is a massive conflict of interest with regard to news coverage by Bloomberg media when their boss is seeking the highest office in the land.
 
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Felis Leo said:
Certainly it would be. However, if NBC stated openly that they will not conduct any form of investigative journalism into any Democratic politicians and candidates from now on, and only conduct investigations against Republican and independent candidates, I would argue that they are acting more like the Chavistas.
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NBC would not likely to ever be in such a position to have to make that decision. Because their majority owner isn't running for the Democratic Presidential nomination and likely never will be. So they don't need to concern themselves about the mere perception of bias such a a relationship would present as the one Bloomberg News finds themselves contending with now.
 
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ecofarm said:
The free press is under threat by the state. You need to rise above politics.
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And I quote from the portion of the article that I posted in the OP. You tell me what the state has to do with this.

Since they have declared their bias openly, the Trump campaign will no longer credential representatives of Bloomberg News for rallies or other campaign events,” Parscale wrote. “We will determine whether to engage with individual reporters or answer inquiries from Bloomberg News on a case-by-case basis. This will remain the policy of the Trump campaign until Bloomberg News publicly rescinds its decision.”
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ecofarm said:
We're not going fascist. The state is not gonna dictate the actions of the press. We have a free press. We want to keep it that way. No demands by the state.
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Indeed the state should not be dictating press action. But neither should the state dictate access to private political campaign organizations. Should any news organization be issued press credentials for a campaign? If an openly partisan news outlet wants a media pass access into a political campaign, should they be given that pass? Should, say, an openly antisemitic news organization be given access to Bloomberg's campaign, for example?
 
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SLC said:
What sounds like a police state is Bloomberg telling Bloomberg reporter they can't investigate him or any Democrat running for President. Now that is some Nazi like tactics.
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I think you're missing an important part of the term "police state".

Is Bloomberg a "state"?
 
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babalu said:
The minute the press stops coverage of Democrats or the publication's owner who is also a candidate for POTUS, they have declared themselves a propaganda organization and thus do not deserve press credentials.
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That's stupid. The free press can do as they please. That's the ****ing point of freedom.

The state denying access based on demands being met is fascism. Plain, obvious fascism.
 
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Grand Mal said:
Neither is stating that not investigating the President's opposition gets you shut out. That's not a good look either.
Bloomberg can turn this into a positive. Trump can't. Bad move on his part.
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According to Jonathan Swan, Bloomberg isn’t helping himself:


Jonathan Swan on Twitter: "Bloomberg News is full of talented, meticulous and fair-minded reporters who abhor the decision their bosses made. Mike Bloomberg made clear he wouldn't tolerate critical coverage from his own outlet, so the only choice was quit or execute his wishes."
 
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SLC said:
And I quote from the portion of the article that I posted in the OP. You tell me what the state has to do with this.
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He's the ****ing President of the US and is denying access to press outlets that refuse to meet his demands.

It's ****ing ludicrous fascism.
 
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Mr Person said:
An investigation isn't fair unless the investigators also investigate the target's enemies, which that target gets to pick? That'd mean pretty much every single criminal investigation in this country was unfair. I take it you'll be calling for the release of all convicted criminals, even illegal alien sex traffickers?

:roll:

Trump and Fox have you saying the stupidest things.

They also have you saying the most dishonest things: you never said investigations into Hillary's email server were unfair because they weren't also investigating everyone Hillary said was a political rival. Oopsie-daisy.




Nevermind you are cheerleading the notion of state-controlled media.
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Your stupid post really deserves no response. But since I'm in a generous mood. Saying you can investigate all black people but you cannot investigate white people would also be grossly unfair..

There are many news organization that are covering Trump and they at least pretend to be fair and the have not announced their bias by banning investigation of Democrat candidates while encouraging the investigation of Trump. Those organizations that are allowing their reporters to investigate both party continued to be credential as actual reporters to privately funded Trump campaign events. You have to separate reporters and propagandists somehow.
 
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Felis Leo said:
Perhaps he should have simply divested himself of ownership and put it into a blind trust if he wanted to avoid this kerfuffle.
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Not necessary. It's not representative of a conflict of interest.
 
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ecofarm said:
Trump is the ****ing President.
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And Bloomberg is running for President. :shrug:
Access to him is a matter of rights and freedom.
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Bloomberg is free to drop out of the Presidential race. Then it wouldn't be a problem.

But you don't get it both ways. You don't get to claim you are a media entity who is actively prohibiting unbiased reporting because your owner is running for President and then act offended when your political opponent doesn't see the need to provide you access.

Giving the state the ability to deny access to those unwilling to do their bidding is a nightmare.
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Trump campaign rallies are not state business. They are personal business of the candidate, in this case Trump.

It must be nipped in the bud before licenses are revoked.
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I agree with this sentiment when the White House tried to pull credentials of reporters for Daily Briefings. I do not agree with you in this case, given the circumstances.

Again, if this is a real concern for Bloomberg, than the owner should drop out of the Presidential race. Otherwise, I don't have a problem with it.
 
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