Posted on 06/19/2023 9:00:51 AM PDT by JV3MRC
A government watchdog group shared exclusive documents with MRC Business exposing an apparently incestuous relationship between Bloomberg News and President Joe Biden’s Treasury Department.
The Functional Government Initiative obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. According to FGI’s press release shared with MRC Business, Bloomberg reporters gave Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen such favorable “coverage that they chafed under Treasury’s censorship of their stories, and weren’t shy about letting the Treasury Department know their displeasure.” This reeks of quid pro quo journalism.
One July 16, 2021 email caught in the FGI’s FOIA net involved correspondence between Bloomberg News Senior Washington Correspondent Saleha Mohsin and Treasury Department Assistant Secretaries for Public Affairs Calvin Mitchell and Lily Adams. Mohsin appeared to be fired up over the Treasury censoring Yellen quotes obtained by Bloomberg News despite the outlet’s “commitment” to her. “Bloomberg reporters show enough commitment to Yellen that we travel far and wide to cover her,” Mohsin wrote, “only to have you [sic] quotes killed. Yellen made the same comments live to the networks and its no big deal.” [Emphasis added.]
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
” EXCLUSIVE: Bloomberg News Busted! Guess Which Biden Appointee Is Trying to Control the Press”
Better asked: Which Biden Appointee isn’t trying to control the press?
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