The billionaire with his own media megaphone: Michael Bloomberg's media company announces it will no longer investigate him - or any other Democratic candidates - but all bets are off with Trump

UK Daily Mail  "With Michael Bloomberg now running for president, the news service that bears his name and has served as his mouthpiece for three decades has said it will not 'investigate' him or any of his Democratic rivals but will continue investigative coverage of President Donald Trump's administration.  

Toon added by TD

"Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait announced the new guidelines for presidential campaign coverage in a note to the $22.5billion news organization's 2,700 journalists and analysts on Sunday, shortly after the former New York City mayor announced his candidacy.
" 'There is no point in trying to claim that covering this presidential campaign will be easy for a newsroom that has built up its reputation for independence in part by not writing about ourselves,' Micklethwait wrote. 
"He said that the organization will continue its tradition of not investigating Bloomberg, or his family and foundation, and will extend that policy to his rivals in the Democratic primary out of fairness. 
"That policy will not be applied to the Trump administration as it is 'the government of the day'. Investigative coverage of Trump will be reassessed should Bloomberg be picked as the Democratic candidate for president next fall, Micklethwait said." . . .  

Anti-Gun Bloomberg Joins Presidential Race with $34 Million Ad Buy  "On November 9, 2019, Breitbart News reported the depth of Bloomberg’s gun control support. 
"He backs criminalizing private gun sales via universal background checks, banning “assault weapons,” banning “high capacity” magazines, expanding the prohibited purchaser’s list, instituting more gun trafficking laws, instituting Red Flag Laws, and placing more regulations on gun shows." . . .

Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Enters Dem 2020 Race with a Thud
"Bloomberg: “I’m running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America' ”
. . . "The Hill reports:

Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway Sunday said the entry of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg into the 2020 presidential race demonstrated that “the Democratic field is underwhelming.”

Bloomberg’s entry, Conway said on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” was the former mayor’s way of saying “I don’t think any of you can beat Donald Trump,” but decried his first campaign ad, saying it was “all unicorns and rainbows” and comparing it to Obama’s campaign, adding “as we sit here today over 10 million have no health insurance of any kind.”

He said that minus the investigative work, Bloomberg will continue to cover the campaign much like it always has. He rejected the view that Bloomberg News not write about the boss at all, saying it has handled conflicts in the past.