From Michael Krieger at libertyblitzkrieg.com:
If there was ever an election year that exhibited an overwhelmingly less favorable climate for Michael Bloomberg to indulge his Presidential fantasies than 2016, I haven’t seen it.
The fact that the man is even considering a run tells you precisely how delusional and disconnected he is from the social mood, and the obvious reality that the American public is gravitating to Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders precisely because they hate people like Michael Bloomberg. The fact that he sees himself as some sort of “Independent” would be amusing if it weren’t so sad, and demonstrates a remarkable lack of self-awaeness that is characteristic of American billionaires.
As an example of his politics, Bloomberg’s two biggest political passions seem to revolve around whoring for Wall Street and being aggressively pro gun control. So he’s essentially a less charismatic version of Hillary Clinton, which is no easy feat.
The reflections above aren’t rocket science, and would be exceedingly obvious to anyone with even the most juvenile sense of American politics. Unfortunately, you’re unlikely to read such observations from Bloomberg News. The reason is explained by Politico:
Bloomberg Politics’ Washington news director Kathy Kiely has quit the company over concerns that the news organization will not be able to fairly cover CEO Michael Bloomberg’s possible run for president, The Huffington Post reports.
“I think that Michael Bloomberg has built a terrific news organization but that he needs to liberate it to cover all the news, even the news about him” Kiely told POLITICO in an interview Wednesday. “Anybody who enters the political fray should be covered in the same way, with the same level of aggressiveness, and I did not feel that was happening in the case of Mayor Bloomberg.”
Bloomberg LP has a long-standing policy that restricts coverage of founder and CEO Michael Bloomberg. Following multiple media reports that Bloomberg was considering an independent run for president this year, Bloomberg News reporters based in Europe received an email from the company’s standards team telling them to refrain from speculation about Bloomberg’s possible presidential run, and to run future stories about the billionaire by them.
“Obviously The Washington Post covers Jeff Bezos. I don’t think it’s any different from any news organization that has an owner” Kiely said. “If you don’t write about the owner, and the owner’s running for president, then how do you cover politics?”
To continue reading: Political Editor at Bloomberg News Quits
