Bloomberg claimed not to conduct investigative articles on its founder Michael Bloomberg after he ran for president.

"We will continue the tradition of not writing the article on Michael and his family and organization. We have made the same policy with his opponent in the Democratic Party's primary elections," Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait wrote in a memo to employees cited by Reuters today.

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The information came after billionaire Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Media Group, officially joined the race to the White House as a Democratic candidate.

Editor-in-chief Micklethwait said Bloomberg would still report on the investigation of President Donald Trump as "current government leader", as well as re-consider the newspaper's policy with Michael Bloomberg if the billionaire won. victory in the Democratic Party's primary election.

He added that some members of the editorial board specializing in writing Bloomberg comments will take time off to attend the presidential campaign of the founder.

A spokeswoman for Bloomberg News has not commented on the information.

Billionaire Bloomberg has spent at least $ 37 million advertising on his campaign on television in the next two weeks. The ad emphasizes that he is a self-made billionaire rising from the middle class, paying special attention to issues such as gun control, climate change, economic development and public health. .

The 77-year-old billionaire is considered one of President Trump's formidable opponents, when he was a famous politician during his time as mayor of New York, the largest city in the United States, from 2002-2013. Michael Bloomberg is said to be 17 times richer than Trump when owning an estimated $ 53.4 billion.