President Trump’s reelection campaign has banned Bloomberg News from covering its rallies and other public events, citing what it calls a biased coverage policy by the media company of one of his Democratic rivals. “The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting policies is troubling and wrong,” Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a written statement. He called on Bloomberg to rescind its policy, saying most news organizations “don’t announce their biases so publicly.”Advertisement“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 said. “We will determine whether to engage with individual reporters or answer inquiries from Bloomberg News on a case-by-case basis.”John Micklethwait, Bloomberg News editor in chief, defended the decision. The Trump campaign’s decision drew a rebuke from Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 02, 2019 18:51 UTC