<div dir="ltr"><h2 class="gmail-headline" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:-0.05rem;line-height:1;font-family:din-2014,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><font size="4">Trump's decision to exclude Bloomberg reporters draws fire</font></h2><p class="gmail-dek" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem 0px 0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(105,109,112)">His campaign announced the ban after Bloomberg News said it wouldn’t initiate investigations into Bloomberg or his Democratic rivals.</p><p class="gmail-dek" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem 0px 0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(105,109,112)"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/02/trump-credential-bloomberg-reporters-074759">https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/02/trump-credential-bloomberg-reporters-074759</a>  <br></p><p class="gmail-dek" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem 0px 0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(105,109,112)"><span style="font-family:din-2014,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:1.6px">By </span><span class="gmail-vcard" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:din-2014,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:1.6px"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/caitlin-oprysko" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(110,115,129);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700">CAITLIN OPRYSKO</a></span><span style="font-family:din-2014,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:1.6px"> and </span><span class="gmail-vcard" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-transform:uppercase;font-family:din-2014,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;letter-spacing:1.6px"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/michael-calderone" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(110,115,129);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700">MICHAEL CALDERONE</a></span> </p><p class="gmail-dek" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem 0px 0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(105,109,112)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1.125rem">News organizations reacted warily to the Trump campaign's announcement Monday that it will no longer credential Bloomberg News reporters for campaign events in response to the outlet’s decision not to investigate its owner, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, or his Democratic rivals for president.</span><br></p><p class="gmail-dek" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0.5rem 0px 0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:16px;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(105,109,112)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1.125rem"><br></span></p><p class="gmail-story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.875rem;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6">Trump Campaign manager Brad Parscale said the move, which Bloomberg News said would ensure equal footing for each Democratic candidate, indicated a bias against Trump because the outlet would continue to cover him critically while going easy on his Democratic rivals.</p><p class="gmail-story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.875rem;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6">---Some article content omitted.</p><p class="gmail-story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.875rem;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6">--------------------------</p><p class="gmail-story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.875rem;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6">Bloomberg News, a global news organization of 2,700 journalists and analysts, has long had a policy of not initiating investigations into the billionaire businessman, his family or his foundation, and <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/24/bloomberg-news-investigate-mike-2020-073369" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,123,199);text-decoration-line:none;background-color:transparent">announced last week</a> it would extend that practice to his 2020 Democratic rivals, in the wake of Bloomberg’s entry into the race.</p><p class="gmail-story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.6">Bloomberg News will continue to investigate the Trump administration, though it plans to reassess its policy if Michael Bloomberg becomes the Democratic nominee.</p><p class="gmail-story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.875rem;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.6">------------------------------------</p><p class="gmail-story-text__paragraph" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.875rem;font-family:Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.6">Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</p></div>