Mike Bloomberg’s company reportedly used NDAs to silence a reporter—and attempted to pressure his spouse into an NDA—after spiking a 2013 corruption investigation
However, Winkler’s calls at the time, obtained and published by NPR’stell a wholly different story. “It is for sure going to, you know, invite the Communist Party to, you know, completely shut us down and kick us out of the country,” Winkler said during an October 2013 conference call, held after the editor had reportedly ignored Forsythe’s initial questions. “I just don’t see that as a story that is justified.
Winkler’s fears were not without merit. Bloomberg News was already feeling the CCP’s backlash over a 2012 investigation series by Forsythe and other reporters uncovering a funneling scheme that enriched China’s ruling-class families. Facing what he believed to be death threats, Forsythe and his family made a precautionary move to Hong Kong. After the investigation ran, Chinese authorities conducted physical searches of Bloomberg News’ bureaus and delayed visa requests for its journalists.
In the Winkler recordings, he alludes to Bloomberg News’ efforts to “build” in the emerging Chinese market while explaining the motivation for cutting Forsythe’s corruption investigation, which focused in part on Presidentwho had recently assumed the party’s top leadership position. “There’s a way to use the information you have in such a way that enables us to report, but not kill ourselves in the process and wipe out everything we’ve tried to build there,” he concluded.
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