Bloomberg News was dead silent Tuesday on the employment status of Jessica Pressler, the outgoing New York Magazine writer who fell for a phony story about a teen stock whiz.
Pressler had been slated to join Bloomberg as a reporter on the company’s projects and investigations team early next year.
But when asked whether the bungled story had jeopardized Pressler’s hiring, Bloomberg spokesman told media blogger Jim Romenesko and the Huffington Post’s Michael Calderone that the company was declining to comment on the matter.
I also got a “decline comment” from Bloomberg regarding Pressler hire: http://t.co/hy4LabZmLc
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) December 16, 2014
Bloomberg spokesman Ty Trippet did not immediately respond to a request for comment from TPM.
Someone who swallowed this ridiculous, impossible story whole is supposed to ferret out lies told by experienced, professional liars (banksters, etc.)? Yeah, right…
Shouldn’t that be Yea! Right!
Should we expect more from Bloomberg than the other news outlets that are crappy journalists?
So, this is what happens when you destroy journalism. No one, not even the 1%, can trust what they read, see or hear. It’s a wonderful world now isn’t it, Rupert, just so long as you can rake in the bucks that you will never, ever be able to spend?
This amply illustrates the stupidity, ignorance and shallowness of racial profiling.