Bloomberg dismisses reporter, disciplines other staffers for premature story on US-Russia prisoner swap
Bloomberg 온라인 바카라 게임 dismissed a reporter and took disciplinary action against other staffers Monday after the outlet broke a news embargo last week on the release of several American prisoners held by Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.
In a memo sent to the outlet바카라 게임 웹사이트s staff on Monday and obtained by CNN, Bloomberg editor-in-chief John Micklethwait wrote that an initial story, published by the outlet at 7:41 a.m. ET Thursday, reporting that Gershkovich had been released as part of a historic U.S.-Russia prisoner exchange was posted 바카라 게임 웹사이트prematurely.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Bloomberg바카라 게임 웹사이트s reporting 바카라 게임 웹사이트could have endangered the negotiated swap that set them free,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Micklethwait wrote. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Even if our story mercifully ended up making no difference, it was a clear violation of the editorial standards which have made this newsroom so trusted around the world.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Bloomberg바카라 게임 웹사이트s Standards editor conducted a 바카라 게임 웹사이트full investigation,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Micklethwait added, and as a result the outlet was taking 바카라 게임 웹사이트disciplinary action against a number of those involved바카라 게임 웹사이트 and will be reviewing their process to make sure such 바카라 게임 웹사이트failures like this don바카라 게임 웹사이트t happen again.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs, who was the lead author on the , was dismissed as a result of the investigation, a person familiar with the matter said.
바카라 게임 웹사이트In reporting the story about Evan바카라 게임 웹사이트s release, I worked hand in hand with my editors to adhere to editorial standards and guidelines,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Jacobs said Monday. 바카라 게임 웹사이트At no time did I do anything that was knowingly inconsistent with the administration바카라 게임 웹사이트s embargo or that would put anyone involved at risk.바카라 게임 웹사이트
A Bloomberg 온라인 바카라 게임 spokesperson did not comment on Jacobs바카라 게임 웹사이트 departure or disciplinary actions involving other personnel.
Another Bloomberg staffer, an editor, posted on X on Thursday that it was one of the 바카라 게임 웹사이트greatest honors of my career바카라 게임 웹사이트 to help break the news of Gershkovich바카라 게임 웹사이트s release. The editor later deleted the post, and the published story was updated to note that the prisoners had not yet been released.
바카라 게임 웹사이트An earlier version of this story was corrected to reflect that the Americans have not been released yet,바카라 게임 웹사이트 an editors바카라 게임 웹사이트 note added to the story at 8:59 a.m. ET stated.
Micklethwait said he had personally written letters to apologize to each of the prisoners and that he 바카라 게임 웹사이트immediately바카라 게임 웹사이트 apologized on Thursday to Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Emma Tucker.
온라인 바카라 게임 organizations, including CNN, had agreed to hold on to news of the prisoners바카라 게임 웹사이트 release so as not to endanger the process. According to a person familiar with The Wall Street Journal바카라 게임 웹사이트s decision-making, the newspaper did not intend to publish a story on Gershkovich바카라 게임 웹사이트s release until he was seen walking free during a handover at Turkey바카라 게임 웹사이트s Ankara airport. Most news organization did not publish the news until later that morning.
바카라 게임 웹사이트This was not about a broken embargo,바카라 게임 웹사이트 a spokesperson for The Wall Street Journal told CNN. 바카라 게임 웹사이트It was a report that Evan had been freed when in fact he had not yet been. We바카라 게임 웹사이트re happy that Bloomberg corrected it.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Ahead of the prisoner swap, the White House had briefed reporters from multiple news organizations around 8 a.m. ET on the activity, with an embargo time on the news of later that day, according to a person familiar with the matter.
After Bloomberg바카라 게임 웹사이트s story was posted online, the White House called the outlet asking for the story to be removed as Gershkovich and other prisoners had not yet been freed, according to this person. Bloomberg declined to take the story down, which frustrated the White House.
The historic prisoner swap, which also included U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan and , was the result of years of complicated behind-the-scenes negotiations involving the U.S., Russia, Belarus and Germany.
A total of eight people, including convicted Russian assassin Vadim Krasikov, were swapped back to Russia in exchange for the release of 16 people who were held in Russian detention, including four Americans.