President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign announced Monday it “will no longer credential representatives of Bloomberg News for rallies or other campaign events.”
The decision came after Bloomberg News founder and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg joined the presidential race as a candidate for the Democratic nomination. Shortly thereafter, Bloomberg News suspended its editorial board and announced that its news staff would not investigate Bloomberg, his family, his foundation or his Democratic rivals during the campaign.
“The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting policies is troubling and wrong,” campaign manager Brad Parscale said in a statement, adding that staffers decided to ban reporters from the outlet because “they have declared their bias openly.”