Brickbat: Shut Up Some More

According to media reports, Bloomberg News canceled a year-long investigation into ties between Chinese government officials and a billionaire. Editor-in-Chief Matthew Winkler allegedly said canceling the story would keep Bloomberg from being expelled from China. Bloomberg officials deny the story, but if they were hoping to keep the Chinese government happy, they failed. Authorities conducted surprise inspections of Bloomberg bureaus in Beijing and Shanghai, where at least one inspector told staff Winkler should apologize for his remarks.

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[invisible furry hand]

So a company owned by a short authoritarian sucks up to other authoritarians. Who'da thunk it?

[BakedPenguin]

It would be funny if they were banned from NYC for investigating ties the government there had with a local billionaire.

[Zombie Jimbo]

I would have thought he would have had a hole dug in front of that backdrop for underlings to stand in fro photos.

[UnCivilServant]

They used to, but then someone took a photo of a guy sunk into the stage to his knees and it embarassed the little nanny.