Washington (AFP)
Donald Trump's campaign team announced Monday that it was withdrawing accreditations from Bloomberg journalists, accusing the news agency of "bias" in its coverage of the 2020 presidential election after his boss Michael Bloomberg entered the running .
According to the director of the organization for the re-election of Mr. Trump in 2020, Brad Parscale, this decision comes after the announcement of Bloomberg News that it would not investigate the Democratic candidates, including Mr. Bloomberg, but would continue his investigations on the Republican President.
"As a campaign team of President Trump, we are accustomed to unfair coverage practices, but the majority of news media do not announce this bias so openly," said in a statement Mr. Parscale.
"The Trump campaign will no longer accredit Bloomberg News representatives for meetings or other campaign events," he added.
Requests for interviews or comments made by the agency's journalists will be "handled on a case-by-case basis," he says, adding that this policy will last "until Bloomberg publicly gives up its decision."
Bloomberg News editor John Micklethwait refuted allegations of bias. "We have covered Donald Trump fairly and impartially since his candidacy in 2015 and we will continue to do so despite the restrictions imposed by the Trump campaign team," he said.
The former mayor of New York announced his candidacy for the presidential election on November 24. At 77, his huge fortune in financial information is estimated at some $ 50 billion.
The news agency said it would change its rules to cover Bloomberg's campaign, including suspending unsigned editorials that reflected the billionaire's views.
The relations between Donald Trump and the majority of the big American media are execrable, the republican billionaire accusing of "misinformation" CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post or the New York Times.
He prefers Fox News, the favorite news channel of the Conservatives.
Under Trump, the White House twice withdrew accreditations from journalists covering the presidency, but those decisions were overturned by the courts.
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