>> A LOT OF STORES HAVE DONE
THAT ALREADY.
I WAS AT DINNER LAST NIGHT.
NEIL: TRUMP CAMPAIGN ISSUED A
STATEMENT BANNING
"BLOOMBERG NEWS" SINCE THEY HAVE
DECLARED THEIR BIAS OPENLY.
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WILL NO
LONGER CREDENTIAL
REPRESENTATIVES OF
"BLOOMBERG NEWS" FOR RALLIES OR
OTHER CAMPAIGN EVENTS.
WE'LL DETERMINE WHETHER TO
ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUAL REPORTERS
OR ANSWER INQUIRIES FROM
"BLOOMBERG NEWS" ON A
CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
THIS WILL REMAIN THE POLICY OF
THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN UNTIL
"BLOOMBERG NEWS" PUBLICLY
RESCINDS ITS DECISION.
WHAT ISN'T QUITE CLEAR WHAT
DECISION THAT IS BECAUSE THE
BLOOMBERG CAMPAIGN ITSELF IS
SEPARATE FROM THE BLOOMBERG
ORGANIZATION.
THE BLOOMBERG MEDIA ORGANIZATION
HAS VOWED NOT TO DO ANY, I
THINK, CHARLIE GASPARINO WILL
CLARIFY THIS FOR US, OPEN
INVESTIGATIONS OR EXAMINATIONS,
BESIDES DONALD TRUMP, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
I MEAN IT'S A VERY UNTENABLE
SITUATION WHAT "BLOOMBERG NEWS"
HAS IMPOSED ON ITS REPORTERS.
NEIL: DOES IT PROVIDE THAT TO
OTHER CANDIDATES IN THE RACE?
>> FULL DISCLOSURE, I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE THERE.
I THINK SOME OF THE BEST
REPORTERS IN THE BUSINESS.
I KNOW A LOT OF EDITORS, PEOPLE
IN MANAGEMENT.
THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE.
WHAT MIKE BLOOMBERG TRIED TO DO
HERE IS THREAD THE NEEDLE.
HE TRIED TO SAY LISTEN I'M NOT
RUNNING AGAINST TRUMP RIGHT NOW.
I'M RUNNING AGAINST ELIZABETH
WARREN, ALL THESE DEMOCRATS.
THEREFORE BLOOMBERG IF MY
REPORTERS WHICH I STILL OWN THE
COMPANY, BY THE WAY, HAS MY NAME
ON IT, IF THEY WILL COVER, THEY
WILL COVER THE NEWS THAT COMES
OUT OF THESE CAMPAIGNS.
I AM NOT GOING TO HAVE THEM
COVER THE DEEP DIVE
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING THAT
ATTACKS ELIZABETH WARREN OR
ATTACKS PETE BUTTIGIEG.
NEIL: PRIOR TO HIS ENTRANCE THEY
WERE DOING JUST THAT?
>> THEY WERE DOING IT ON
EVERYBODY BUT WHEN HE GOT IN, HE
DOESN'T WANT HIS REPORTERS TO
GIVE HIM AN UNFAIR PLAYING FIELD
AGAINST THE PEOPLE HE IS
COMPETING DIRECTLY WITH.
WHY THEY ALLOWED SAME TYPE OF
REPORTING FOR TRUMP BECAUSE HE
IS PRESIDENT --
NEIL: RIGHT, RIGHT.
>> BUT NOT THE SAME TYPE OF
COVERAGE FOR THOSE HE IS RUNNING
AGAINST.
NOW THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS
THAT OF COURSE, ALL THESE
CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING AGAINST
TRUMP NOW.
I MEAN ONE OF THE WAYS TO GET
AHEAD IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
OBVIOUSLY IS TO BEAT UP ON
DONALD TRUMP.
NEIL: RIGHT.
>> I'M A BETTER CAMPAIGNER.
WHILE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT
BLOOMBERG'S NEWS REPORTERS AND
EDITORS ARE GOING TO COVER THIS
FAIRLY, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS A
VERY GOOD ORGANIZATION WHEN IT
COMES TO FAIRNESS.
I TELLING YOU, I HAVE COMPETED
AGAINST THEM FOR YEARS.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN OPTICS
PROBLEM, IF YOU JUST DO
INVESTIGATIONS ON TRUMP, NOT
EVERYBODY ELSE YOU HAVE A OPTICS
PROBLEM.
NEIL: I WANT TO CLEAR THIS, YOU
KNOW THIS MORE THAN I DO, PRIOR
TO BLOOMBERG ENTERING THE RACE
THEY WERE DOING INVESTIGATIONS
ON EVERYBODY?
>> ON EVERYBODY.
OBVIOUSLY NOT MIKE.
NEIL: EVEN IS IT MORE GLARING
THAT HE IS NOW IN THE RACE STOP
DOING IT AGAINST ALL THE
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES?
>> THAT IS THE PROBLEM HERE.
ARE THEY LOOKING AT DIRTY
LAUNDRY OF ELIZABETH WARREN.
NEIL: RIGHT.
>> THEY'RE LOOKING AT ONLY THE
DIRTY LAUNDRY OF TRUMP.
THAT IS THE CASE YOU COULD MAKE.
I GIVE YOU THE CASE THEY MAKE.
WE'RE DOING THIS MIKE IS RUNNING
AGAINST ELIZABETH WARREN, PETE
BUTTIGIEG, BIDEN, NOT AGAINST
TRUMP.
IN REALITY HE IS RUNNING AGAINST
TRUMP.
HIS ADS ARE GOING AGAINST TRUMP.
LISTEN I WILL TELL YOU PEOPLE
INSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION,
AGAIN REALLY GOOD PEOPLE,
THEY'RE TRYING TO THREAD THE
NEEDLE, THE REPORTERS FEEL LIKE
THIS POLICY SUN TENABLE, JUST SO
YOU KNOW.
MAJORITY OF THE REPORTERS SAY I
CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
MY GUESS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
HERE --
NEIL: WHAT IF THEY COME ACROSS A
REVELATION, WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> SUPPOSE THEY HEAR SOMETHING
BAD ABOUT MIKE BLOOMBERG.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
GIVE IT TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES"?
I DON'T GET IT THIS IS MY GUESS,
KIND OF WHAT IS BOUNCING AROUND
THE HALLWAYS INSIDE
"BLOOMBERG NEWS," AFTER SUPER
TUESDAY, YOU KNOW, BIDEN, YOU
WILL GET SOME IDEA WHERE THIS
CAMPAIGN IS GOING, WHETHER IT IS
GOING TO COMPLETE CHAOS,
BROKERED CONVENTION.
NEIL: I THINK HE IS BANKING NO
ONE WINNING ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
HE IS GOOD AT MATH.
GOOD AT NUMBERS.
THAT IS WHEN HIS CHANCE --
>> JUST HEAR ME OUT, I THINK HE
WILL KNOW FOR SURE AFTERRER
TUESDAY?
DOES BIDEN CLEAN UP?
GET NEVADAS SOUTH CAROLINA,
AFTER SUPER TUESDAY?
IF THAT IS THE CASE MIKE
BLOOMBERG DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD
SHOT AT THAT SCENARIO HAPPENED.
NEIL: IT IS STILL A SHOT.
>> AFTER SUPER TUESDAY WE'LL GET
IDEA WHERE MIKE BLOOMBERG IS
GOING, IF HE STAYS IN.
IF HE STAYS IN, MY GUESS HE WILL
FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO ALLOW
THEIR REPORTERS TO COVER
EVERYBODY BY PUTTING THIS WHOLE
THING IN A BLIND TRUST OR
SELLING IT.
BY THE SALE OF THIS THING --
NEIL: WHAT WOULD HE DO AS MAYOR
OF NEW YORK?
>> NEW YORK CITY COVERAGE FOR
MIKE BLOOMBERG WAS LIKE THIS.
HE HIRED OTHER PEOPLE TO DO IT.
NEIL: BUT IT WASN'T IN A BLIND
TRUST.
>> IT WASN'T.
REMEMBER IT WASN'T --
NEIL: ON A NATIONAL BASIS.
>> THIS IS PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES, A HUGE THING.
SO I AM JUST SAYING I THINK
SUPER TUESDAY IS WHAT WE FIND
OUT THEY DO WITH
"BLOOMBERG NEWS."
DOES HE PUT IT IN A BLIND TRUST?
DOES HE SELL IT?
VERY DIFFICULT TO SELL.
VERY DIFFICULT TO SELL BECAUSE
IT'S A HUGE COMPANY.
NEIL: ABSOLUTELY.
>> THIS IS 50 BILLION-DOLLAR
DEAL PRIVATE EQUITY MIGHT HAVE
TO BUY.
WOULD HE PUT IT IN A BLIND
TRUST?
I THINK THAT IS WISHY-WASHY
THING.
NEIL: I THINK HE WOULDN'T DO
THAT UNTIL AFTER HE IS ELECTED.
>> I THINK SUPER TUESDAY HE
TURNS THIS LOOSE FOR THE
REPORTERS.
EXECUTING THE NEWS OUT OF
TERMINAL BUSINESS, VERY
DIFFICULT, THEY'RE SO
INTERTWINED.
IT'S A VERY GOOD VALUE ADDED FOR
ANY TRADER.
THIS IS, BY THE WAY, THIS WAS
TELEGRAPHED.
YOU KNEW TRUMP WOULD DO
SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE, IT WAS SO, YOU KNOW, HE
HAD JUST ABOUT EVERY EDITORIAL
PAGE ON HIS SIDE INCLUDING
LIBERAL EDITORIAL PAGES BECAUSE